All Jim Harrison Quotes
- Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid of angels. Angel
- I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read. Book
- I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan. No question. Genuine
- So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such a situation because no one in our family ever had… Any
- After a lifetime of world travel I've been fascinated that those in the third world don't have the same perception of reality that we do. Been
- Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for good drama and contrast. Contrast
- Yeah, but now suddenly - you know, universities are notoriously market oriented, too. Inspirational
- Every day I wonder how many things I am dead wrong about. -- True North Day
- Barring love I'll take my life in large doses alone--rivers, forests, fish, grouse, mountains. Dogs. Alone
- The days are stacked against what we think we are. Days
- It is easy to forget that in the main we die only seven times more slowly than our dogs. Die
- Strangely, when I totally emerged from this slump I couldn't comprehend how I had almost drowned it it. Almost Drowned
- We set this house on fire forgetting that we live within. Fire
- I like grit, I like love and death, I'm tired of irony. ... A lot of good fiction is sentimental. ... The novelist who refuses… All
- Being a writer requires an intoxication with language. Inspirational
- A poet must discover that it’s his own story that is true, even if the truth is small indeed. Discover
- Birthdays are ghost bounty hunters that track you down to ask, "Que pasa, baby? Ask
- Dad said I would always be "high minded and low waged" from reading too much Ralph Waldo Emerson. Maybe he was right. Dad
- Wherever we go we do harm, forgiving ourselves as wheels do cement for wearing each other out. We set this house on fire, forgetting that… Cement
- The reason to moderate is to avoid having to quit. Avoid
- Suits obviously had helped to promote bad government and he was as guilty as anyone for wearing them so steadfastly for twenty years. Of late… All
- Sometimes the only answer to death is lunch. Answer
- I did not want to live out my life in the strenuous effort to hold a ghost world together. It was plain as the stars… Dawdle
- Death steals everything except our stories. Death
- I'm hoping to be astonished tomorrow by I don't know what. Astonished