Feel Quotes

We are all naturally xenophobic.

Jim Harrison

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I couldn't read a screenplay without puking.

Jim Harrison

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I used to get criticized for putting food in novels.

Jim Harrison

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Short things are short all over and long things are long all over.

Jim Harrison

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Yeah, but now suddenly - you know, universities are notoriously market oriented, too.

Jim Harrison

Tags: You Know Now

I've always been very much attracted to a character that's actually free.

Jim Harrison

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There's something frightening about finding a woman who would take your heart.

Jim Harrison

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The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion.

Jim Harrison

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I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book of poems.

Jim Harrison

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I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan. No question.

Jim Harrison

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Poetry, at its best, is the language your soul would speak if you could teach your soul to speak.

Jim Harrison

Tags: Best Poetry You

Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints.

Jim Harrison

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I've never been a true fan of the short story and have only published a single example of my own.

Jim Harrison

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Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy... or they become legend.

Jim Harrison

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Sometimes, discomfort is very uncomfortable. Anybody can get occasionally tired of it, and then it can change fast, where it's comfort that disturbs you.

Jim Harrison

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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.

Jim Harrison

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I don't trust anybody that doesn't do good work. I don't give them any credibility. If they can't write, why should I believe anything they have to say?

Jim Harrison

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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

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I'm afraid that eating in restaurants reflects one's experiences with movies, art galleries, novels, music - that is, characterized by mild amusement but with an overall feeling of stupidity and shame. Better to cook for yourself.

Jim Harrison

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The big curse of America, to me, is skinless, boneless chicken breasts. They're banal and relatively flavorless. The rest of the world's trying to get some fat to eat, and we're trying to ban it from our diet.

Jim Harrison

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I've got a poem that's in a lot of international anthologies called 'After the Anonymous Swedish' and I thought, 'Well, I'm a Swede. I can make up a Swedish poem.' It turned out pretty good.

Jim Harrison

Tags: Good Out Up

My biggest pet peeve is when you go to a fine restaurant, and it's like a mausoleum inside. Good food should be joyful. There should be laughter and chatter, not people sitting there like they're in a funeral-parlor waiting room.

Jim Harrison

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I don't think it matters how fast you write. It's how long you thought about it. I like to think of it as a well filling up. I think about it until the well is full, and then I let go.

Jim Harrison

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The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at a swamp when I was 19. I had written for several years, starting at about 15, but that day on the roof I took my vows and acknowledged my calling.

Jim Harrison

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Your subconscious mind is trying to help you all the time. That's why I keep a journal - not for chatter but for mostly the images that flow into the mind or little ideas. I keep a running journal, and I have all of my life, so it's like your gold mine when you start writing.

Jim Harrison

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