I lost my second marriage because of drinking, and I loved the woman very much. But I thought I needed booze to write. I'm glad I was disabused.
What a bog and labyrinth the human essence is... We are all overbrained and overemotioned. - Barry Hannah
What a bog and labyrinth the human essence is... We are all overbrained and overemotioned.
- Barry Hannah
You need to see a bit of hell now and then. That, and great joy. - Barry Hannah
You need to see a bit of hell now and then. That, and great joy.
Literature is the history of the soul. - Barry Hannah
Literature is the history of the soul.
Professional Southerners sicken me. - Barry Hannah
Professional Southerners sicken me.
My best stories come out of nowhere, with no concern for form at all. - Barry Hannah
My best stories come out of nowhere, with no concern for form at all.
I distrust thought. The interior life is highly overrated. I don't like the wispy and the vague... or inductive logic in any kind of writing. I'm imp… - Barry Hannah
I distrust thought. The interior life is highly overrated. I don't like the wispy and the vague... or inductive logic in any kind of writing. I'm imp…
Randomness I love. And I still love just a holler right in the middle of an ongoing narrative. Pain or joy, ecstasy. - Barry Hannah
Randomness I love. And I still love just a holler right in the middle of an ongoing narrative. Pain or joy, ecstasy.
The Deep South might be wretched, but it can howl. - Barry Hannah
The Deep South might be wretched, but it can howl.
I do believe that as you write more and age, the arrogance and most of the vanity goes. Or it is a vanity met with vast gratitude, that you were hit … - Barry Hannah
I do believe that as you write more and age, the arrogance and most of the vanity goes. Or it is a vanity met with vast gratitude, that you were hit …
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