I distrust thought. The interior life is highly overrated. I don't like the wispy and the vague... or inductive logic in any kind of writing. I'm impatient with writers who make too much sense. The better things that I've done have come to me by instinct.
Barry HannahI 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 HannahWhat a bog and labyrinth the human essence is... We are all overbrained and overemotioned.
Barry HannahMy stories do have plot. They're not just scattered language; they're controlled, toward an end.
Barry Hannah