"Time is what makes good stories. Much has been cooking for a long time, and at last finds an out in narration one day. That's a supreme joy. And why the characters keep showing up."

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Barry Hannah

#Character Quotes #Long Quotes #Joy Quotes

“I don't think my moped could outrun a cheetah.”
“In plucking the fruit of memory one runs the risk of spoiling its bloom, especially if it has got to be carried into the market.”
“However, my problems with my memory are further complicated by the fact that while I don't have any recollection of things I have actually done, I have very vivid recollections of loads of things that I haven't done.”
“Truth is that which does not contaminate you, but empowers you. Therefore, there are degrees of truth, but, generically, truth is that which can do no harm. It cannot harm.”
“You just don't know writers. They'll use anything, anybody. They'll eat their young.”
“You don't have to put dresses in a movie to make girls like it.”
“I myself, at one time, wanted to be like the explorers of the Himalayas that I used to read about; people intoxicated on the myth of history.”
“My biggest successes were mainly in the pop market during the 80s.”

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