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Barry Hannah quotes

American Novelist April 23, 1942 – March 1, 2010

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Where is the angry machine of all of us? Why is God such a blurred magician? Why are you begging for your life if you believe those things? Prove to me that you’re better than the rabbits we ate last night. Barry Hannah
I looked over the despondency of the home crowd. Fools! Fools! I thought. Love it! Love the loss as well as the gain. Go home and dig it. Nobody was killed. We saw victory and defeat, and they were both wonderful. Barry Hannah
I got no idea wht a writer of a book should have respect. Or even get the time of day, unless he's a prophet. It's a sign of our present-day hell. Books, think about it, the writer of a book does envy, sloth, gluttony, lust, larceny, greed or what? Oh, vanity. He don't miss a single one of them. He is a peeping Tom, an onanist, a busybody, and he's faking humility every one of God's minutes. Barry Hannah
Barry Hannah quote: "Voice comes to you through a spell, a trance. The best voices..."
Voice comes to you through a spell, a trance. The best voices are not you... they're a little away from you. Barry Hannah
Barry Hannah quote: "My best stories come out of nowhere, with no concern for form..."
My best stories come out of nowhere, with no concern for form at all. Barry Hannah
The point is to strip down, get protestant, then even more naked. Walk over scorched bricks to find your own soul. Your heart a searching dog in the rubble. Barry Hannah
Barry Hannah quote: "You've got to lie to stay halfway interested in yourself."
You've got to lie to stay halfway interested in yourself. Barry Hannah
Barry Hannah quote: "Literature is the history of the soul."
Literature is the history of the soul. Barry Hannah
Barry Hannah quote: "What a bog and labyrinth the human essence is... We are all..."
What a bog and labyrinth the human essence is... We are all overbrained and overemotioned. Barry Hannah
Barry Hannah quote: "A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what..."
A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't. Barry Hannah
Barry Hannah quote: "Ring!" he shrieked at the vapid instrument."
Ring!" he shrieked at the vapid instrument. Barry Hannah

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