How wonderful it was to love something without the compromise of language. Jim Harrison More Quotes by Jim Harrison More Quotes From Jim Harrison Unlike a lot of writers, I don't have any craving to be understood. Jim Harrison anylotcravingunderstood We pretend that the brain is binary, like a computer. But it's not. It's completely holographic. Jim Harrison pretendlikebinarybrain My favorite thing is just walking in the woods. I can do it for days on end without tiring of it. Jim Harrison endwoodsi-canwalking I don't trust anybody that doesn't do good work. I don't give them any credibility. If they can't write, why should I believe anything they have to say? Jim Harrison goodtrustworkbelieve I do mourn my characters. I wrote an essay once where I was sure that far back in a marsh there was a hummock - a little hill of hardwoods - and an old farm house, where all the heroines in my novels lived together with all my beloved dead dogs. I've discussed this with my therapist, naturally. He says it's okay in fair amounts. Jim Harrison deadhilltogetherhouse The idea is to eat well and not die from it - for the simple reason that that would be the end of your eating. Jim Harrison enddieeatingsimple I'm outdoors a lot, so I get dark. Guess who gets stopped? I've been pulled over, and they ask, 'Where are you from?' I say, 'Montana.' They say, 'Are you sure? And I say, 'I'm reasonably sure I'm from Montana, but you know, this is a dream life.' You start on this shtick with them and it's fun. Jim Harrison youdarkfunlife Sometimes, I tell my wife I have to take a car trip and collect new memories - I like to drive around at absolute random for weeks on end through the United States and parts of Canada. Or else I feel trapped, like you feel when your life is completely planned for months in advance, and you think you're not getting enough oxygen. Jim Harrison carwifememorieslife You can be in terrible shape, and if you take a three-hour walk through the forest and along the river, you're simply not the same as when you started out. Jim Harrison forestriverwalkyou Food is a great literary theme. Food in eternity, food and sex, food and lust. Food is a part of the whole of life. Food is not separate. Jim Harrison greatfoodlifesex The big curse of America, to me, is skinless, boneless chicken breasts. They're banal and relatively flavorless. The rest of the world's trying to get some fat to eat, and we're trying to ban it from our diet. Jim Harrison fatrestmeworld I work every morning, all morning, sometimes in the afternoons. Then sometimes I hunt in the afternoons - quail, doves, grouse up north - but just to stay alive, because writers die from their lifestyle but also from their lack of movement. Jim Harrison dieworkmorningsometimes Other than fishing and a little bird-hunting, all I do is write. Jim Harrison thanlittlewritefishing Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot... I've seen all these marriages that failed. Those people are always hollering at each other. That doesn't work. Jim Harrison daymarriagecookingwork
