American - Writer | December 11, 1937 - March 26, 2016
I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.
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.
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Riesling? It smells like an intensive care ward.
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You have to temporarily be the character in order to understand him. It's sort of what they used to call 'shape-shifting.'
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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.
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Nothing in the world causes more problems than concepts of ethnic virtue. It's irrelevant.
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How is it macho that I like to hunt and fish? I've been doing it since I was four.
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