Jim Harrison : (9)

" I’ve never been a true fan of the short story and have only published a single example of my own. " - Jim Harrison

" We are all naturally xenophobic. " - Jim Harrison

" There’s something frightening about finding a woman who would take your heart. " - Jim Harrison

" Nothing in the world causes more problems than concepts of ethnic virtue. It’s irrelevant. " - Jim Harrison

" I couldn’t run a tight schedule, and if you’re any good at teaching, you get sucked dry because you like your students and you’re trying to help them, but you don’t have any time left to write yourself. " - Jim Harrison

" I wasn’t taking myself seriously as a novelist, and then it became my day job. " - Jim Harrison

" Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit. " - Jim Harrison

" We are delightfully trapped by our memories. I can’t drink a bottle of Chateauneuf-du-Pape Vieux Telegraphe without revisiting a hotel bistro in Luzerne, Switzerland, where I ate a large bowl of a peppery Basque baby goat stew. A sip and a bite. A bite and sip. Goose bumps come with the divine conjunction of food and wine. " - Jim Harrison

" I work every morning, all morning, sometimes in the afternoons. Then sometimes I hunt in the afternoons – quail, doves, grouse up north – but just to stay alive, because writers die from their lifestyle but also from their lack of movement. " - Jim Harrison