Top 103 Quotes by Jim Harrison

About Jim Harrison

These are some quotes by American author Jim Harrison Writer, who was born on December 11, 1937.

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read.

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read.

Jim Harrison

Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot... I've seen all these marriages that failed. Those people are always hollering at each other. That doesn't work.

Jim Harrison

I've never been a true fan of the short story and have only published a single example of my own.

I've never been a true fan of the short story and have only published a single example of my own.

Jim Harrison

You do manage a somewhat religious attitude toward your art. It is a calling rather than a job.

You do manage a somewhat religious attitude toward your art. It is a calling rather than a job.

Jim Harrison

After a lifetime of world travel I've been fascinated that those in the third world don't have the same perception of reality that we do.

After a lifetime of world travel I've been fascinated that those in the third world don't have the same perception of reality that we do.

Jim Harrison

The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion.

The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion.

Jim Harrison

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that.

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that.

Jim Harrison

I'm outdoors a lot, so I get dark. Guess who gets stopped? I've been pulled over, and they ask, 'Where are you from?' I say, 'Montana.' They say, 'Are you sure? And I say, 'I'm reasonably sure I'm from Montana, but you know, this is a dream life.' You start on this shtick with them and it's fun.

Jim Harrison

I like grit. I like love and death. I'm tired of irony.

I like grit. I like love and death. I'm tired of irony.

Jim Harrison

If all I did was pretend I was Wilderness Jimmy, I would go stale. You know, I fish maybe 100 days of the year and bird-hunt, but if I didn't go to Paris once or twice a year, I'd be crazy.

If all I did was pretend I was Wilderness Jimmy, I would go stale. You know, I fish maybe 100 days of the year and bird-hunt, but if I didn't go to Paris once or twice a year, I'd be crazy.

Jim Harrison

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