I had absolute freedom to create things on my own and in silence. No rush, the artificial rush by media. Certainly no rush to grow up. We had plenty of boyhood, plenty of girlhood. Barry Hannah absoluteartificialboyhood Change image and share on social
My aunts told wonderful stories. Not to me, but to each other. We had a very strong family. My mother's sisters loved each other intensely. The uncles loved each other intensely. Barry Hannah auntfamilyintensely Change image and share on social
Most novels I come across have all the excitement of a long trip on a bus with a sensitive glee club. Yammer and chat. Barry Hannah buschatclub Change image and share on social
I found out about reviews early on. They're mostly written by sad men on bad afternoons. That's probably why I'm less angry than some writers, who are so narcissistic they consider every line of every review, even a thoughtful one, as major treason. Barry Hannah afternoonangrybad share on social
Some writers are curiously unmusical. I don't get it. I don't get them. For me, music is essential. I always have music on when I'm doing well. Writing and music are two different mediums, but musical phrases can give you sentences that you didn't think you ever had. Barry Hannah curiouslyessentialgive share on social
Randomness I love. And I still love just a holler right in the middle of an ongoing narrative. Pain or joy, ecstasy. Barry Hannah ecstasyhollerjoy Change image and share on social
Voice comes to you through a spell, a trance. The best voices are not you... they're a little away from you. Barry Hannah spelltrancevoice Change image and share on social
A writer's job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means. Barry Hannah backbuildchoose Change image and share on social
I lost my second marriage because of drinking, and I loved the woman very much. But I thought I needed booze to write. I'm glad I was disabused. Barry Hannah boozedisabusedrink Change image and share on social
I don't go around thinking about regret; regret doesn't consume me as a person... I'm not certain about whether any writer, any artist, any musician, can write without regret, so I don't think perhaps it's even particularly Southern. Barry Hannah artistconsumemusician share on social
