Top 103 Quotes by Jim Harrison

Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid of angels.

There aren't any real dumb people in my voices. It's always irritated me about Hollywood dialogue - there's so much dialogue that would just bore a Ford mechanic. This is not how people talk.

What moves me most is style: the quality of the writing rather than the story being told.

I had a concussion I didn't get over for three years. I think that's why I'm goofy.

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps.

I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26 years now.

You can be in terrible shape, and if you take a three-hour walk through the forest and along the river, you're simply not the same as when you started out.

I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.

I won't talk or deal with a young writer unless I sense he has utterly given his life over to it. It's a waste of my time. If they don't feel 'called' - why in God's name would you do this?

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.