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People in my town were not that into reading, but the overblown way Texans told stories was important.

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'Bubba Ho-Tep' was an accidental story that turned out to be my first film adaptation, and it's still going strong in story and film.

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My father, he couldn't read or write.

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I worked in rose fields, and I worked in potato fields. I did some bouncing.

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I never got a degree; I just started writing.

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I decided with 'Savage Season' to use a lot of things in my life as the basis.

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I've got friends who totally disagree on politics, religion, cultural things, but at the core, we're the same people.

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If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

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In some ways, I don't consider a single Hap and Leonard novel the best, but I consider them my best characters.

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When I wrote 'Savage Season,' it was three years later before I wrote the second Hap and Leonard novel. Whenever I wrote one, I never intended to write the next one.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: October 28th, 1951

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