Will Allison
Will Allison
Will Allison is an American novelist and editor. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Long Drive Homeand What You Have Left...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth22 October 1968
CountryUnited States of America
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My assumption when I began writing was that you were never going to make any money. And you were never going to reach everyone. Therefore you had to do as much as you could in the service of something you genuinely believed in. And if you do that and people get upset, well, there you go.
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If you write a book that's as powerful and successful as 'Bastard,' there's a strong desire to prove there's something else.
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My son, Wolf, was born when I was past 40 and the author of a best-selling novel. That means he has grown up a middle-class child - one who sometimes asks me for stories of my childhood but knows nothing of what it means to grow up poor and afraid. I have worked to make sure of that.
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I think it's wonderful that people in pickup trucks are buying two flats of dog food and a copy of 'Bastard.' I want my view of the world to be right up there next to gallon boxes of Tide.
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Garry Hill is a pleasure to be around, and his work is a rewarding reflection of my career.
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What I have to do from here is I have to do the best I can to carry on.
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When you win a race your on top that day, so take it for what its worth, have a good time and party, cause the next day when you get out of bed, the meter goes back to zero again.
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I had the qualifications, but I was not chosen.
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But you know, I still had a dream of being able to go back home and tour.
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But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular?
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But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about.
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Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it.
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And I can do the rock clubs if I have to.
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I mean, look how many musicians have come through and played beside me, and I'm workin' and they're not.