Jim Harrison

You can't be unhappy in the middle of a big, beautiful river.

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.

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.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.

We played in Texas about a year ago, at Emo's, the famous country and western club in Austin. And I figured, well, if I'm finally gonna die onstage, that's where it's going to be!