Quotes by Jim Harrison

Jim Harrison

A poet must discover that it’s his own story that is true, even if the truth is small indeed.

Poet

Stories

Truth Is

After a lifetime of world travel I’ve been fascinated that those in the third world don’t have the same perception of reality that we do.

Perception

Reality

Travel

All artists as a type seem to suffer a great deal, but then so do miners.

Artist

Suffering

Type

Barring love I’ll take my life in large doses alone–rivers, forests, fish, grouse, mountains. Dogs.

Dog

Mountain

Rivers

Birthdays are ghost bounty hunters that track you down to ask, “Que pasa, baby?

Baby

Hunters

Track

Death steals everything except our stories.

Stealing

Stories

Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living.

Fishing

Horror

Hostage

Fishing tournaments seem a little like playing tennis with living balls.

Fishing

Lakes

Sea

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that.

Book

Couple

Writing

I can maintain my sense of the sacredness of existence only by understanding my own limitations and losing my self-importance.

Losing

Self

Understanding

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Cooking

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Dog

Doors

Drama

Dream

Easy

Encouraging

Enough

Essentials

Explosions

Facts

Felt

Fighting

Fire

Fishing

Forget

Forgiving

France

Freedom

Funny

Giving

Hands

Happiness

Harvard

Holes

Honor

Horror

Hostage

House

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Quotes by Jim Harrison

Jim Harrison

A poet must discover that it’s his own story that is true, even if the truth is small indeed.

After a lifetime of world travel I’ve been fascinated that those in the third world don’t have the same perception of reality that we do.

All artists as a type seem to suffer a great deal, but then so do miners.

Barring love I’ll take my life in large doses alone–rivers, forests, fish, grouse, mountains. Dogs.

Birthdays are ghost bounty hunters that track you down to ask, “Que pasa, baby?

Death steals everything except our stories.

Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living.

Fishing tournaments seem a little like playing tennis with living balls.

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that.

I can maintain my sense of the sacredness of existence only by understanding my own limitations and losing my self-importance.

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