Barry Hannah Quote

Modern writers of history are so far superior to fiction writers lately that the domestic psychologies we're supposed to wade through that pass for art are only high dreariness. I get much from the courage of men and women in history. History is story, of course, and good history will invest you.


The Paris Review, Issue 172, Winter 2004, The Art of Fiction No. 184


Modern writers of history are so far superior to fiction writers lately that the domestic psychologies we're supposed to wade through that pass for...

Modern writers of history are so far superior to fiction writers lately that the domestic psychologies we're supposed to wade through that pass for...

Modern writers of history are so far superior to fiction writers lately that the domestic psychologies we're supposed to wade through that pass for...

Modern writers of history are so far superior to fiction writers lately that the domestic psychologies we're supposed to wade through that pass for...