Top 103 Quotes by Jim Harrison

I used to have this illusion that time and remote areas prepare you for the world. Our moms used to think that kind of thing. Well, it doesn't prepare you for the world at all!

Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger.

I've always been intemperate in my affection for food.

So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such a situation because no one in our family ever had any money.

I can write anywhere.

When I write, I don't like to be around any humans.

I can't stand the short story form, which, after all, is a magazine form.

I'm not rational enough to be a good journalist.

I've always been very much attracted to a character that's actually free.

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.