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I think all regions have had their peculiarities of speech rounded off by television, radio, and people travel so much more now.

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Had More Much Now Off People Radio Regions Rounded Speech Television Think Travel I Think

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I always gravitate towards anything from Ireland. With Irish lit, I love the use of language, but also in many instances, the Irish writers are writing about people and circumstances that I can relate to.

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: About Also Always Anything Circumstances Gravitate Ireland Irish Language Lit Love Many People Relate Towards Use Writers Writing I Love I Can

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I have a Ford Taurus, and I don't care who knows it.

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Care Ford Knows Who

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If I weren't so lazy, I would have 14 books, not eight.

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Books Eight Lazy Were Would

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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

Topics: Anymore Become Bleak Book Early Enjoy Much Out Really Some Think Ways Would Write You I Can

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You realize you're alive while you're alive, and you better notice it then, because later, it's hard to see.

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Alive Because Better Hard Later Notice Realize See Then While You

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I realized there might be monetary or financial reasons to jump in and write a 'Winter's Bone Retriumphs' or something, and nobody would object to me doing that in publishing. But it would be a waste of my time, and they always take a little longer than you thought they would take.

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Always Bone Doing Financial Jump Little Longer Me Might Monetary My Time Nobody Object Publishing Realized Reasons Something Take Than Thought Time Waste Winter Would Write You

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In February of 1972, a snowstorm blew into Kansas City, and I decided to hitchhike to California. The roads were icy, snowflakes howling, and nobody would drive me to the highway, so I humped through the snow and ice and caught a ride with a concerned cop to the Kansas Turnpike.

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Blew California Caught City Concerned Cop Decided Drive February Highway Howling Ice Icy Kansas Kansas City Me Nobody Ride Roads Snow Through Were Would

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This happens to me all the time: I think I'm working on one thing, but this other thing, whether I want it to or not, keeps coming through.

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Coming Happens Keeps Me One Thing Other Thing Think Through Time Want Whether Working I Think

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I was reading newspaper front pages from the 1930s, and I was taken aback. I'm not naive about American history, but I was a bit knocked off my feet by things that used to be on the front pages of newspapers.

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: About American American History Bit Feet Front History Knocked Naive Newspaper Newspapers Off Pages Reading Taken Things Used 1930S

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: March 4th, 1953

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