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Barry Hannah quotes: I don't really care about plot; I want to have a page-turner in a different kind of way.

I don't really care about plot; I want to have a page-turner in a different kind of way.

Barry Hannah quotes: I wanted very much to be Miles Davis when I was a boy, but without the practice. It just looked like an endless road.

I wanted very much to be Miles Davis when I was a boy, but without the practice. It just looked like an endless road.

Barry Hannah quotes: Most novels I come across have all the excitement of a long trip on a bus with a sensitive glee club. Yammer and chat.

Most novels I come across have all the excitement of a long trip on a bus with a sensitive glee club. Yammer and chat.

Barry Hannah quotes: Voice comes to you through a spell, a trance. The best voices are not you ... they're a little away from you.

Voice comes to you through a spell, a trance. The best voices are not you ... they're a little away from you.

Barry Hannah quotes: I think women are closer to God than we are. They walk right out there like they know what they're doing.

I think women are closer to God than we are. They walk right out there like they know what they're doing.

Barry Hannah quotes: I hate to be fatalistic about it, but alcoholism, it's just in your genes. We had some of it in my family, and it just got me.

I hate to be fatalistic about it, but alcoholism, it's just in your genes. We had some of it in my family, and it just got me.

Barry Hannah quotes: I always intended to be light and open. I misjudged the American audience.

I always intended to be light and open. I misjudged the American audience.

Barry Hannah quotes: I never pulled a loaded pistol on anybody, but it got around that I did. It got turned into lore. It's a myth. There's so much bad gun stuff.

I never pulled a loaded pistol on anybody, but it got around that I did. It got turned into lore. It's a myth. There's so much bad gun stuff.

Barry Hannah quotes: Love and despair go hand in hand.

Love and despair go hand in hand.

Barry Hannah quotes: Randomness I love. And I still love just a holler right in the middle of an ongoing narrative. Pain or joy, ecstasy.

Randomness I love. And I still love just a holler right in the middle of an ongoing narrative. Pain or joy, ecstasy.

Barry Hannah quotes: I wake my wife up at 3 a.m. and say, "Listen to this!"

I wake my wife up at 3 a.m. and say, "Listen to this!"

Barry Hannah quotes: You need to see a bit of hell now and then. That, and great joy.

You need to see a bit of hell now and then. That, and great joy.

Barry Hannah quotes: I was born in Clinton, Mississippi, which had 1,500-2,500 people when I was growing up - a village.

I was born in Clinton, Mississippi, which had 1,500-2,500 people when I was growing up - a village.

Barry Hannah quotes: I hate editing. I love to write, but I hate to reread my stuff. To revise.

I hate editing. I love to write, but I hate to reread my stuff. To revise.

Barry Hannah quotes: A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't.

A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't.

Barry Hannah quotes: My best stories come out of nowhere, with no concern for form at all.

My best stories come out of nowhere, with no concern for form at all.

Barry Hannah quotes: My dad read history, about a book a day, but only after he retired as a successful bank and insurance man.

My dad read history, about a book a day, but only after he retired as a successful bank and insurance man.

Barry Hannah quotes: The Deep South might be wretched, but it can howl.

The Deep South might be wretched, but it can howl.

Barry Hannah quotes: What a bog and labyrinth the human essence is ... We are all overbrained and overemotioned.

What a bog and labyrinth the human essence is ... We are all overbrained and overemotioned.

Barry Hannah quotes: A writer's job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means.

A writer's job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means.

Barry Hannah quotes: I grew up when people seemed actually to be hurting themselves for their art. Of course, some of it was phony.

I grew up when people seemed actually to be hurting themselves for their art. Of course, some of it was phony.

Barry Hannah quotes: Ring!" he shrieked at the vapid instrument.

Ring!" he shrieked at the vapid instrument.

Barry Hannah quotes: If you are able to explain suffering, a man once told him, you weren't really there.

If you are able to explain suffering, a man once told him, you weren't really there.

Barry Hannah quotes: My sense of the past is vivid and slow. I hear every sign and see every shadow.

My sense of the past is vivid and slow. I hear every sign and see every shadow.

Barry Hannah quotes: I lost my second marriage because of drinking, and I loved the woman very much. But I thought I needed booze to write. I'm glad I was disabused.

I lost my second marriage because of drinking, and I loved the woman very much. But I thought I needed booze to write. I'm glad I was disabused.

Barry Hannah quotes: My stories do have plot. They're not just scattered language; they're controlled, toward an end.

My stories do have plot. They're not just scattered language; they're controlled, toward an end.

Barry Hannah quotes: Literature is the history of the soul.

Literature is the history of the soul.

Barry Hannah quotes: The wild stuff is all so overrated. Drinking, you don't feel good all the time. There's a lot of down, a lot of misery.

The wild stuff is all so overrated. Drinking, you don't feel good all the time. There's a lot of down, a lot of misery.

Barry Hannah quotes: You've got to lie to stay halfway interested in yourself.

You've got to lie to stay halfway interested in yourself.