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
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
I distrust thought. The interior life is highly overrated. I don't like the wispy and the vague... or inductive logic in any kind of writing. I'm impatient with writers who make too much sense. The better things that I've done have come to me by instinct. Barry Hannah distrusthavehighly 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
I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that because it can be a wrecking posture. Barry Hannah flawfloridfull Change image and share on social
I was born in Clinton, Mississippi, which had 1,500-2,500 people when I was growing up - a village. Barry Hannah bearclintongrow Change image and 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'll tell you why I like writing: it's just jumping into a pool. I get myself into a kind of trance. I engage the world, but it's also wonderful to just escape. I try to find the purities out of the confusion. It's pretty old-fashioned, but it's fun. Barry Hannah confusionengageescape share on social
