Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy... or they become legend.

Quote by Jim Harrison

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We are all naturally xenophobic.

We are all naturally xenophobic.

The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion.

The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion.

Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit.

Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit.

The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at...

The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at...

I do have trouble with titles.

I do have trouble with titles.

I can write anywhere.

I can write anywhere.

I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's...

I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's...

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're...

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're...

There is a neurologist, a woman over at Harvard who wanted me to come talk...

There is a neurologist, a woman over at Harvard who wanted me to come talk...

Short things are short all over and long things are long all over.

Short things are short all over and long things are long all over.

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.

I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26...

I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26...

I used to get criticized for putting food in novels.

I used to get criticized for putting food in novels.

Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish...

Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish...

Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger.

Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger.

I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose.

I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose.

Success and money can really be quite blinding.

Success and money can really be quite blinding.

I couldn't run a tight schedule, and if you're any good at teaching, you get...

I couldn't run a tight schedule, and if you're any good at teaching, you get...

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so...

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so...