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I always loved the verve and vivacity of pulp and I kind of merged it with my own interest in family stories.

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Always Family Interest Kind Loved My Own Own Pulp Stories

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There's an overlap between social-realist fiction and crime fiction - a sweet spot there.

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Between Crime Crime Fiction Fiction Overlap Spot Sweet

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

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Finished First First One Novel Opening Trilogy

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When I started to be a writer, I was not going to run the risk of boring you.

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Boring Going Risk Run Started Writer You

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

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Coming Expect Oscars Really

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I felt like a number of things in me as a writer just clicked.

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Clicked Felt Just Like Me Number Things Writer

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I have a book in the pipeline of short stories. You want to hear an agent scream, say 'I'm thinking about doing a collection of short stories set in the Ozarks.'

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: About Agent Book Collection Doing Hear Pipeline Say Scream Set Short Short Stories Stories Thinking Want You

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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

Topics: Been Books Direction Enough Every Four Know Long New New Direction Now Start Three Writing

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I joined the Marines the week I turned 17, and that led to a few experiences that might qualify as adventure - eye of the beholder.

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Adventure Beholder Experiences Eye Eye Of The Beholder Few Joined Led Marines Might Qualify Turned Week

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I am well aware that the writers of New York, London, and Toronto are more readily noticed, though the shadowy and potent Ozarks Literary Cabal does what it can for me, then nightly joins me for dinner and calls me 'honey.'

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Am Aware Calls Dinner Does Honey Literary London Me More New New York Nightly Noticed Potent Readily Then Though Toronto Well Writers York I Am

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: March 4th, 1953

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