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
snow tree stronger
Pine trees with low limbs spread over fresh snow made a stronger vault for the spirit than pews and pulpits ever could.
dream heart ideas
The heart makes dreams seem like ideas.
ought asks
Never. Never ask for what ought to be offered.
chance ready ready-to-die
You got to be ready to die every day - then you got a chance.
dark long mind
Long, dark, and lovely she had been, in those days before her mind broke and the parts scattered and she let them go.
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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.
keeps time whether
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.
dad lived louis missouri moved needed till west
I was born in West Plains, and we lived here till I was one. Then my dad needed to get a job, so we moved to the St. Louis area. I lived in St. Charles, on the Missouri River, till I was 15.
gravitate love people relate towards writers
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.
attracted fit likes notion poetry
I'm very attracted to poetry for all the reasons someone likes poetry. The notion of compression seems to fit my personality.
I'm not from the movie world. I'm from the book world.
I'm always writing about character first. Plot, such as it is, comes from the characters.
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I'd met some awfully tough gals in my life, and I find them compelling, if I don't have to socialize with them too much.
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I was basically raised to look for chances to get even with several families for stuff that happened 30 or 40 years before I was born.