Will Harrison
Will Harrison
We are all naturally xenophobic.
destiny trying stories
As an English major I was familiar with the stories of dozens of writers trying to get their work done among the multifarious diversions of the world and the hurdles of their own vices. A professor had said that what saved writers is that they, like politicians, had the illusion of destiny that allowed them to overcome obstacles no matter how nominal their work.
writing would-be literature
I thought, frankly, that it would be more pleasant to write a memoir than it was.
language compromise wonderful
How wonderful it was to love something without the compromise of language.
children bird wish
When we were children we were errant enough to wish to be birds for the day but there's nothing easier to lose than playfulness.
encouraging hands soul
No one else can hold your hand or take this voyage of the soul for you.
angel earth recycling
Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid of angels.
thinking
The days are stacked against what we think we are.
world crafts defense
That's my only defense against this world: to build a sentence out of it.
baby track hunters
Birthdays are ghost bounty hunters that track you down to ask, "Que pasa, baby?
winter car lovely
I wonder, when a writer's blocked and doesn't have any resources to pull himself out of it, why doesn't he jump in his car and drive around the U.S.A.? I went last winter for seven thousand miles and it was lovely. Inexpensive, too.
artist suffering type
All artists as a type seem to suffer a great deal, but then so do miners.
love disappointment tired
I like grit, I like love and death, I'm tired of irony. ... A lot of good fiction is sentimental. ... The novelist who refuses sentiment refuses the full spectrum of human behavior, and then he just dries up. ... I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.
reality vehicle
Zen is the vehicle of reality.