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 musician, can write without regret, so I don't think perhaps it's even particularly Southern. — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
A writer's job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means. — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
I always intended to be light and open. I misjudged the American audience. — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
I was born in Clinton, Mississippi, which had 1,500-2,500 people when I was growing up - a village. — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
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… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
“Many robins got in the church from the trees and roosted among the congregation. They were drunk from some berries and fallen persimmons. Come… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
Where is the angry machine of all of us? Why is God such a blurred magician? Why are you begging for your life if… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
My stories do have plot. They're not just scattered language; they're controlled, toward an end. — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
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… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
“...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… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
Honestly, I envy painters, who can have a masterpiece in one morning. Or musicians, who can write something in 30 minutes and arrange it… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
