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Music has become a bigger business, and with that there is more pressure to succeed; I think that it creates a negative pressure for being creative. ↗

— Jerry Harrison

#being #bigger #business #creates #creative

That said, everything's important, and every musician who plays on the record is an integral part of it. ↗

— Jerry Harrison

#everything #important #integral #musician #part

Short things are short all over and long things are long all over. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#over #short #things

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. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#ago #asked #because #books #both

I've never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there. ↗

— Jim Harrison

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The old fun thing is when somebody typed up the first chapter of War and Peace. And then made a precis of the rest of it and sent it out and only one publisher recognized it. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#first #fun #fun thing #made #old

I guess I had a suspicion of it my entire life without knowing exactly what it was - knowing that there was something different about me, which I attributed to being an artist. At 11 or 12 I started sort of clarifying for myself. It took a while. ↗

— Randy Harrison

#artist #attributed #being #different #entire

I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good conservatories do - monologues and things that agents and casting directors come to see. From that I got an agent. ↗

— Randy Harrison

#agents #been #casting #casting directors #college

I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it. ↗

— Randy Harrison

#actor #could #even #honest #honesty

I think the sense of community that exists with all the characters - that's the answer. The fact that they have found a family in their friends. It does give some depth and meaning to their lives. ↗

— Randy Harrison

#characters #community #depth #does #exists