Author: Barry Hannah

Quotes

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

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

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

- Barry Hannah

I had absolute freedom to create things on my own and in silence. No rush, the artificial rush by media. Certainly no rush to grow up. We had plenty of boyhood, plenty of girlhood.

I had absolute freedom to create things on my own and in silence. No rush, the artificial rush by media. Certainly no rush to grow up. We had plenty of boyhood, plenty of girlhood.

- 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

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

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

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

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