Top 66 Quotes by Daniel Woodrell

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The opening novel of the 'Bayou Trilogy' was the first one I finished.

The opening novel of the 'Bayou Trilogy' was the first one I finished.

Daniel Woodrell

I was thinking of my father's family. I can find their graves, but not that much about them. They didn't do anything notable enough to be in the records of newspapers.

I was thinking of my father's family. I can find their graves, but not that much about them. They didn't do anything notable enough to be in the records of newspapers.

Daniel Woodrell

I tell the story by feel most of the time, and I am not much given to labyrinthian digressions but seem to be naturally drawn to compression and pace, and the feelings come about on their own.

I tell the story by feel most of the time, and I am not much given to labyrinthian digressions but seem to be naturally drawn to compression and pace, and the feelings come about on their own.

Daniel Woodrell

Texas humor and Southern humor are pretty similar.

Texas humor and Southern humor are pretty similar.

Daniel Woodrell

I know people who have, until recently, lived with dirt floors. There are people who live way back off the grid, without electricity. Not a whole lot, but quite a few. That's a choice for a lot of them. There might be a religious element in their isolation, at least with some of them.

Daniel Woodrell

I don't think I can write a book as nihilistic as some of my early ones. They're so bleak. I don't think I would enjoy that as much anymore. You really become fixated on ways out.

I don't think I can write a book as nihilistic as some of my early ones. They're so bleak. I don't think I would enjoy that as much anymore. You really become fixated on ways out.

Daniel Woodrell

Just because it's got a gun doesn't make it a crime novel, and just because there's a horse doesn't make it a western.

Just because it's got a gun doesn't make it a crime novel, and just because there's a horse doesn't make it a western.

Daniel Woodrell

I didn't really expect to be coming to the Oscars.

I didn't really expect to be coming to the Oscars.

Daniel Woodrell

But I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books I have to start a new direction.

But I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books I have to start a new direction.

Daniel Woodrell

I don't want to be callous about it, but we all seemed to get over the Oklahoma bombing pretty quickly, and we're never going to get over 9/11.

I don't want to be callous about it, but we all seemed to get over the Oklahoma bombing pretty quickly, and we're never going to get over 9/11.

Daniel Woodrell

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