14 Barry Hannah Quotes for You to Enjoy

Barry Hannah

American Novelist

Born: Apr 23, 1942

Died: Mar 1, 2010

Love Me People Think Writing You

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I hate editing. I love to write, but I hate to reread my stuff. To revise. Barry Hannah

Love Hate Editing Write Stuff Revise

Voice comes to you through a spell, a trance. The best voices are not you... they're a little away from you. Barry Hannah

Best You Spell Voice Voices Through Trance Little Away

I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed. Barry Hannah

Life Work Motorcycle Travel Country Own Live Speed Tool Faulkner Ghost Find My Own Inspiring Write Along Town His Same

I found out about reviews early on. They're mostly written by sad men on bad afternoons. That's probably why I'm less angry than some writers, who are so narcissistic they consider every line of every review, even a thoughtful one, as major treason. Barry Hannah

Sad Angry Men Every Consider Thoughtful Out Bad Some About Writers Written Major Mostly Narcissistic Line Review Reviews Than Afternoon Less Who Even Found Why Treason Early

My best stories come out of nowhere, with no concern for form at all. Barry Hannah

Best Out Come Concern Form Stories Nowhere

A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't. Barry Hannah

Man Woman Must He Got

When you're not involved, other people's unhappiness seems to be about the funniest damn thing on earth because you think you can solve it, that you are God, that you are above this, and that their unhappiness is just such useless toil and agony. If it's you, it ceases to be a comedy. Barry Hannah

God You People Comedy Think Damn Damn Thing Other Earth Solve About Above Seems Involved Because Ceases Just Unhappiness Toil Useless Agony Thing Funniest

Some writers are curiously unmusical. I don't get it. I don't get them. For me, music is essential. I always have music on when I'm doing well. Writing and music are two different mediums, but musical phrases can give you sentences that you didn't think you ever had. Barry Hannah

I'll tell you why I like writing: it's just jumping into a pool. I get myself into a kind of trance. I engage the world, but it's also wonderful to just escape. I try to find the purities out of the confusion. It's pretty old-fashioned, but it's fun. Barry Hannah

Myself You Writing Wonderful World Try Confusion Pool Out Tell Kind Find Pretty Like Also Jumping Escape Get Trance Just Engage Old-Fashioned Fun Why

I was born in Clinton, Mississippi, which had 1,500-2,500 people when I was growing up - a village. Barry Hannah

People Born Had Mississippi Clinton Up Which Village Growing Growing Up

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