Barry Hannah Quotes


I wouldn't be happy had I only been a teacher, if all I had done was help young people, frankly. I don't get nearly the joy teaching as I do out of creation.


Citations

Bourgeois, Louis. "Barry Hannah, The Art of Fiction No. 184." The Paris Review, no. 172, Winter 2004, pp. 44-78.

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  • Born: April 23, 1942
  • Died: March 1, 2010
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Novelist

Barry Hannah was an American novelist and short story writer from Mississippi. Hannah was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on April 23, 1942, and grew up in Clinton, Mississippi. He wrote eight novels and five short story collections.