Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrellis an American writer of fiction. He has written eight novels, most of them set in the Missouri Ozarks. Woodrell coined the phrase "country noir" to describe his 1996 novel Give Us a Kiss. Reviewers have frequently since used the term to categorize his writing...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 March 1953
CountryUnited States of America
learned life object polite poor
I learned my values. It's better to be poor than to be beholden. Wealth is not the object of life. You should be polite as long as possible, and when you can't be polite anymore, don't run.
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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.'
came connection places realized taste
I came back when I'd had a taste of other places and realized that I would never feel the same sense of connection to any place other than the Ozarks.
acts criminal meant outlaw stories tapestry
It's called 'The Outlaw Album,' not 'The Ozarks Album.' These are stories that delve into different kinds of outlawry, from criminal acts to interior, or psychological, outlawry. The book is not meant to be a tapestry of the Ozarks.
agent collection hear short stories thinking
You want to hear an agent scream, say, 'I'm thinking about doing a collection of short stories set in the Ozarks.'
allow benefits chances change health job pension plan turns
If you don't allow yourself to change from book to book - take chances - it turns into a dullish job with no health benefits or pension plan and only intermittent paychecks.
conscious recipe seemed sure time
For a long time, I didn't think I wanted to live in the Ozarks or write about the region. It seemed to be a sure recipe for obscurity, and to be obscure was not my conscious ambition.
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It was in a grim room on Eddy Street that I finally opened 'A Moveable Feast.' I read it all overnight. I read it again the next day.
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.
I like the idea of everybody knowing each other; you know why you're doing things.
I'm always writing about character first. Plot, such as it is, comes from the characters.
I'm not from the movie world. I'm from the book world.
I have a Ford Taurus, and I don't care who knows it.
best dropping join maybe school
I can't say that dropping out of school at 16 to join the Marines was my best idea. On the other hand, maybe it was. Who knows?