Daniel Woodrell Quotes
I had bill collectors chasing me. We were skipping from town to town, not leaving forwarding addresses. The agent couldn't find me when he sold my book. He finally found me.
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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.
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I was devastated when I got the review for my first book. The book came out a couple years before the women's movement broke through, and people were putting it down, asking, 'Why does the woman in this book need to get a divorce? Why can't she just shut up and be happy?'
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I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances.
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For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working.
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On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you.
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Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face.
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
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I'm a stand-up comic. I'm always doing dates; it's just that, if I'm working on a project or I'm busy, I can't get out on the road or book any shows. Since the beginning of my career, I'm usually out for at least 10-15 dates throughout the year. If I have time, then I try to get at least 30-40 dates.
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I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.
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I like to perform live like we're all just hanging out in my living room. I'm totally casual and informal on stage.
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I can ask for a £25,000 advance, but then you spend a year writing the book, and £25,000 is a loan against sales, and you can easily spend five years earning out. So that's £25,000 for six years.
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It's easier to release an ebook than a print book.
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I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?
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I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot.
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What I look for in any book is an argument, based on evidence, that changes the way I think about something important.
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Oh I'm a huge comic book movie fan.
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You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
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A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern.
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I do not believe that with a fictional character you can force yourself too far away from yourself. There has to be some of you in it.
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I like contemporary American literature and I like biographies and I like jazz and I like baseball and I like writers who write about the human condition and sci-fi is just something that I happened into.
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I know I'm writing better now than I ever did for adults because I'm writing for an audience who know that they don't know everything.
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It's like Scott Wolf, I never thought he looked like Tom Cruise until somebody said it and now that they've said it, I see it every time I look at him!
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I had bill collectors chasing me. We were skipping from town to town, not leaving forwarding addresses. The agent couldn't find me when he sold my book. He finally found me.
