Author: Barry Hannah

Quotes

I wouldn't be happy had I only been a teacher, if all I had done was help young people, frankly. I don't get nearly the joy teaching as I do out of creation.

I wouldn't be happy had I only been a teacher, if all I had done was help young people, frankly. I don't get nearly the joy teaching as I do out of creation.

- Barry Hannah

My dad read history, about a book a day, but only after he retired as a successful bank and insurance man.

My dad read history, about a book a day, but only after he retired as a successful bank and insurance man.

- Barry Hannah

I grew up when people seemed actually to be hurting themselves for their art. Of course, some of it was phony.

I grew up when people seemed actually to be hurting themselves for their art. Of course, some of it was phony.

- Barry Hannah

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.

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.

- Barry Hannah

I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that because it can be a wrecking posture.

I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that because it can be a wrecking posture.

- Barry Hannah

Randomness I love. And I still love just a holler right in the middle of an ongoing narrative. Pain or joy, ecstasy.

Randomness I love. And I still love just a holler right in the middle of an ongoing narrative. Pain or joy, ecstasy.

- Barry Hannah

Love and despair go hand in hand.

Love and despair go hand in hand.

- Barry Hannah

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

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

- Barry Hannah

My aunts told wonderful stories. Not to me, but to each other. We had a very strong family. My mother's sisters loved each other intensely. The uncles loved each other intensely.

My aunts told wonderful stories. Not to me, but to each other. We had a very strong family. My mother's sisters loved each other intensely. The uncles loved each other intensely.

- Barry Hannah

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