Zitat des Tages von Barry Hannah:
My aunts told wonderful stories. Not to me, but to each other. We had a very strong family. My mother's sisters loved each other intensely. The uncles loved each other intensely.
Voice comes to you through a spell, a trance. The best voices are not you... they're a little away from you.
My best stories come out of nowhere, with no concern for form at all.
A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't.
Most novels I come across have all the excitement of a long trip on a bus with a sensitive glee club. Yammer and chat.
My dad read history, about a book a day, but only after he retired as a successful bank and insurance man.
I found out about reviews early on. They're mostly written by sad men on bad afternoons. That's probably why I'm less angry than some writers, who are so narcissistic they consider every line of every review, even a thoughtful one, as major treason.
Honestly, I envy painters, who can have a masterpiece in one morning. Or musicians, who can write something in 30 minutes and arrange it in an hour, sometimes. 'Cause with this, with writing, you can occasionally feel like a caveman, like you've been working with pitch and tar on this brush.
