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Jim Harrison Quotes

Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit Picture Quote #1

When we die we are only stories in the minds of others, I thought Picture Quote #1

I can write anywhere Picture Quote #1

Beware, O wanderer, the road is walking too Picture Quote #1

I’m actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it’s the place I know best Picture Quote #1

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don’t do it unless you’re willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps Picture Quote #1

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We Americans are trained to think big, talk big, act big, love big, admire bigness but then the essential mystery is in the small Picture Quote #1

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 that time herself moved in grand tidal sweeps rather than the tick-tocks we suffocate within, and that I must reshape myself to fully inhabit the earth rather than dawdle in the sump of my foibles Picture Quote #1

We Americans are trained to think big, talk big, act big, love big, admire bigness but then the essential mystery is in the small Picture Quote #1

I’ve never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there Picture Quote #1

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 money Picture Quote #1

I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago Picture Quote #1

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I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan. No question Picture Quote #1

I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book of poems Picture Quote #1

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that Picture Quote #1

The old fun thing is when somebody typed up the first chapter of War and Peace. And then made a precis of the rest of it and sent it out and only one publisher recognized it Picture Quote #1

I’d rather get a brain tumor than go back to teaching Picture Quote #1

Poetry at its best is the language your soul would speak if you could teach your soul to speak Picture Quote #1

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I’ve never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there Picture Quote #1

As an English major I was familiar with the stories of dozens of writers trying to get their work done among the multifarious diversions of the world and the hurdles of their own vices. A professor had said that what saved writers is that they, like politicians, had the illusion of destiny that allowed them to overcome obstacles no matter how nominal their work Picture Quote #1

Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for good drama and contrast Picture Quote #1

Every day I wonder how many things I am dead wrong about. -- True North Picture Quote #1

When we were children we were errant enough to wish to be birds for the day but there’s nothing easier to lose than playfulness Picture Quote #1

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it’s about the same proportion to books published that I care to read Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

We set this house on fire forgetting that we live within Picture Quote #1

I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass Picture Quote #1

I was a dog on a short chain / and now there’s no chain Picture Quote #1

You touch things lightly or deeply; you move along because life herself moves, and you can’t stop it Picture Quote #1

In a life properly lived, you’re a river Picture Quote #1

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Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit (Jim Harrison Quotes) When we die we are only stories in the minds of others, I thought (Jim Harrison Quotes) I can write anywhere (Jim Harrison Quotes) Beware, O wanderer, the road is walking too (Jim Harrison Quotes) I’m actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it’s the place I know best (Jim Harrison Quotes) The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don’t do it unless you’re willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps. (Jim Harrison Quotes) We Americans are trained to think big, talk big, act big, love big, admire bigness but then the essential mystery is in the small. (Jim Harrison Quotes) 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 that time herself moved in grand tidal sweeps rather than the tick-tocks we suffocate within, and that I must reshape myself to fully inhabit the earth rather than dawdle in the sump of my foibles (Jim Harrison Quotes) We Americans are trained to think big, talk big, act big, love big, admire bigness but then the essential mystery is in the small (Jim Harrison Quotes) I’ve never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there (Jim Harrison Quotes) 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 money. (Jim Harrison Quotes) I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago (Jim Harrison Quotes) I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan. No question (Jim Harrison Quotes) I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book of poems (Jim Harrison Quotes) I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that (Jim Harrison Quotes) The old fun thing is when somebody typed up the first chapter of War and Peace. And then made a precis of the rest of it and sent it out and only one publisher recognized it (Jim Harrison Quotes) I’d rather get a brain tumor than go back to teaching (Jim Harrison Quotes) Poetry at its best is the language your soul would speak if you could teach your soul to speak (Jim Harrison Quotes) I’ve never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there. (Jim Harrison Quotes) As an English major I was familiar with the stories of dozens of writers trying to get their work done among the multifarious diversions of the world and the hurdles of their own vices. A professor had said that what saved writers is that they, like politicians, had the illusion of destiny that allowed them to overcome obstacles no matter how nominal their work. (Jim Harrison Quotes) Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for good drama and contrast. (Jim Harrison Quotes) Every day I wonder how many things I am dead wrong about. -- True North (Jim Harrison Quotes) When we were children we were errant enough to wish to be birds for the day but there’s nothing easier to lose than playfulness. (Jim Harrison Quotes) I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it’s about the same proportion to books published that I care to read. (Jim Harrison Quotes) 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. (Jim Harrison Quotes) We set this house on fire forgetting that we live within (Jim Harrison Quotes) I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass (Jim Harrison Quotes) I was a dog on a short chain / and now there’s no chain (Jim Harrison Quotes) You touch things lightly or deeply; you move along because life herself moves, and you can’t stop it (Jim Harrison Quotes) In a life properly lived, you’re a river (Jim Harrison Quotes)

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