276 Quotes by Jim Harrison

You do manage a somewhat religious attitude toward your art. It is a calling rather than a job.

I grew up in an agricultural family, and I never distanced myself from where the food comes from. I think it's quite natural.

Riesling? It smells like an intensive care ward.

I used to have this illusion that time and remote areas prepare you for the world. Our moms used to think that kind of thing. Well, it doesn't prepare you for the world at all!

I admit to occasionally sharing the financial hysteria of the rest of the country, the urgency to save more for the family in case you can't write any more.

I'm a time person. It's the one discipline I manage.

Other than fishing and a little bird-hunting, all I do is write.

I wrote 'Legends of the Fall' in nine days, but I had been thinking about it for a few years.

Age focuses you. You are much better concentrated. There's more time when you travel less, don't do book tours, avoid interviews or public appearances. You walk the dogs, fish, hunt, cook and write.