“Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends.” PeopleFallLiteratureVoiceCrazyLive ByLegendsInner VoiceClearnessDifferent Voices Author:Jim Harrison
“I have closely noted that people who watch a great deal of TV never again seem able to adjust to the actual pace of life. The speed of the passing images becomes the speed the aspire to and they seem to develop an impatience and boredom with anything else.” PeopleSeemsAbleDealsWatchesTvsSpeedPassingPassingsBoredomPaceAspireImpatiencePace Of Life Book:Off to the Side: A Memoir Source: Off to the Side: A Memoir
“Suits obviously had helped to promote bad government and he was as guilty as anyone for wearing them so steadfastly for twenty years. Of late he had become frightened of the government for the first time in his life, the way the structure of democracy had begun debasing people rather than enlivening them in their mutual concern. The structure was no longer concerned with the purpose for which it was designed, and a small part of the cause, Nordstrom thought, was probably that all politicians and bureaucrats wore suits.” PeopleWayYearsFirstsGovernmentPurposeCausesDemocracyPoliticianLateFirst TimeConcernConcernedTwentiesStructureGuiltySuitsMutualFrightenedBureaucratsSmall PartsBad GovernmentNordstrom Book:Legends of the Fall Source: Legends of the Fall
“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.” PeopleThinkingWritingYearsWellsSaidBookLiteratureNovelCoupleYears AgoCriticsFranceKicksEuthanasia Author:Jim Harrison
“Life is sentimental. Why should I be cold and hard about it? That's the main content. The biggest thing in people's lives is their loves and dreams and visions, you know.” PeopleKnowsShouldHardDreamLife IsVisionColdShould ISentimental Book:Conversations with Jim Harrison Source: Conversations with Jim Harrison
