Will Harrison
Will Harrison
names
Is my name V? No... Then why would I follow U?
twilight
We're doing the Twyla, not Twilight, so stop sucking!
tomorrow knows
I'm hoping to be astonished tomorrow by I don't know what.
fishing horror hostage
Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living.
stories truth-is poet
A poet must discover that it’s his own story that is true, even if the truth is small indeed.
wine giving advice
The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps.
slumps
Strangely, when I totally emerged from this slump I couldn't comprehend how I had almost drowned it it.
wonder true-north
Every day I wonder how many things I am dead wrong about. -- True North
fire house forget
We set this house on fire forgetting that we live within.
lunch answers sometimes
Sometimes the only answer to death is lunch.
advice soul trying
My advice is, do not try to inhabit another's soul. You have your own.
couple book thinking
I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that.
marriage cooking together
Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot.
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.