Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for good drama and contrast.
Jim Harrison

Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid of angels.
Jim Harrison

New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed.
Jim Harrison

Short things are short all over and long things are long all over.
Jim Harrison

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.
Jim Harrison

Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy... or they become legend.
Jim Harrison

Success and money can really be quite blinding.
Jim Harrison

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

The old fun thing is when somebody typed up the first chapter of War and Peace. And then made a precis of the rest of it and sent it out and only one publisher recognized it.
Jim Harrison

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps.
Jim Harrison

The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at a swamp when I was 19. I had written for several years, starting at about 15, but that day on the roof I took my vows and acknowledged my calling.
Jim Harrison

There is a neurologist, a woman over at Harvard who wanted me to come talk to them, and in France I have a lot of readers in the sciences. I can't tell you why.
Jim Harrison

We are all naturally xenophobic.
Jim Harrison

Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish to be.
Jim Harrison

Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints.
Jim Harrison

Yeah, but now suddenly - you know, universities are notoriously market oriented, too.
Jim Harrison

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