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> [When you're not involved, other people's unhappiness seems to be about the funniest damn thing on earth because you think you can solve it, that you are God, that you are above this, and that their unhappiness is just such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/when-you-re-not-involved-other-people-s-unhappiness-seems-to-be-about/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

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## More by Barry Hannah

> [I always intended to be light and open. I misjudged the American audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/i-always-intended-to-be-light-and-open-i-misjudged-the-american/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

> [I was born in Clinton, Mississippi, which had 1,500-2,500 people when I was growing up - a village.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/i-was-born-in-clinton-mississippi-which-had-1-500-2-500-people-when-i/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

> [I never pulled a loaded pistol on anybody, but it got around that I did. It got turned into lore. It's a myth. There's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/i-never-pulled-a-loaded-pistol-on-anybody-but-it-got-around-that-i/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

> [“Many robins got in the church from the trees and roosted among the congregation. They were drunk from some berries and fallen persimmons. Come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/many-robins-got-in-the-church-from-the-trees-and-roosted-among-the/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

> [You need to see a bit of hell now and then. That, and great joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/you-need-to-see-a-bit-of-hell-now-and-then-that-and-great-joy/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

> [“In Mississippi it is difficult to achieve a vista.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/in-mississippi-it-is-difficult-to-achieve-a-vista/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

> [Where is the angry machine of all of us? Why is God such a blurred magician? Why are you begging for your life if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/where-is-the-angry-machine-of-all-of-us-why-is-god-such-a-blurred/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

> [My stories do have plot. They're not just scattered language; they're controlled, toward an end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/my-stories-do-have-plot-they-re-not-just-scattered-language-they-re/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

> [I wake my wife up at 3 a.m. and say, "Listen to this!"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/i-wake-my-wife-up-at-3-a-m-and-say-listen-to-this/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

> [I lost my second marriage because of drinking, and I loved the woman very much. But I thought I needed booze to write. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/i-lost-my-second-marriage-because-of-drinking-and-i-loved-the-woman/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

> [“...it's always your first attempt every time you write, with your only companions being fear and coffee. That's the way it is a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/it-s-always-your-first-attempt-every-time-you-write-with-your-only/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

> [Honestly, I envy painters, who can have a masterpiece in one morning. Or musicians, who can write something in 30 minutes and arrange it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/honestly-i-envy-painters-who-can-have-a-masterpiece-in-one-morning-or/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

> [Professional Southerners sicken me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/professional-southerners-sicken-me/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

> [I hate editing. I love to write, but I hate to reread my stuff. To revise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/i-hate-editing-i-love-to-write-but-i-hate-to-reread-my-stuff-to-revise/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

> [I don't go around thinking about regret; regret doesn't consume me as a person... I'm not certain about whether any writer, any artist, any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/i-don-t-go-around-thinking-about-regret-regret-doesn-t-consume-me-as/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

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