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.

The person that was closest to me growing up was my sister, who died at 19. She was an incredibly powerful girl, deeply committed to art and literature.

The person that was closest to me growing up was my sister, who died at 19. She was an incredibly powerful girl, deeply committed to art and literature.

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

Given free rein, our imagination can get infinite.

Given free rein, our imagination can get infinite.

Jim Harrison

Unlike a lot of writers, I don't have any craving to be understood.

Unlike a lot of writers, I don't have any craving to be understood.

Jim Harrison

We are delightfully trapped by our memories. I can't drink a bottle of Chateauneuf-du-Pape Vieux Telegraphe without revisiting a hotel bistro in Luzerne, Switzerland, where I ate a large bowl of a peppery Basque baby goat stew. A sip and a bite. A bite and sip. Goose bumps come with the divine conjunction of food and wine.

Jim Harrison

I don't trust anybody that doesn't do good work. I don't give them any credibility. If they can't write, why should I believe anything they have to say?

I don't trust anybody that doesn't do good work. I don't give them any credibility. If they can't write, why should I believe anything they have to say?

Jim Harrison

We are all naturally xenophobic.

We are all naturally xenophobic.

Jim Harrison

As a child, I was an obsessive reader, as was everybody in my family all winter long with my father. I think I was only 8 when I read Edward Gibbon's 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.'

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

I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago.

I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago.

Jim Harrison

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