Daniel Woodrell Quotes
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Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.
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I can spend 10 to 15 minutes with someone, and they can tell me what they're going through. I may never have gone through that, but I get it on a really deep level.
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Now I feel like whatever I do, no one can hurt me. I cannot be violated, I cannot be humiliated, I cannot be disregarded, I cannot be disrespected.
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When I was about 12, I was studying Chinese and ballet with my brother, and one morning Jonathan said to me, 'I don't think I'm going to go to ballet class anymore,' and I looked at him and said, 'You know, I don't think I'm going to go to Chinese class anymore.'
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The money was going to come and go, between a wife and the IRS. The thrill of beating the best field in golf is what will always stay with me.
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I happen to be half West Indian, but I don't know that side of my family.
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I am definitely a worrier.
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I'm a sucker for doing something fun. If somebody wants to pay me to learn how to fly a plane or be a better golfer, that certainly would be a plus - or if it's filming in Tahiti.
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Angels are like diamonds. They can't be made, you have to find them. Each one is unique.
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The idea of telling a story in reverse destabilises your ordinary moral reactions. That's one of the points of art - to challenge your preconceptions.
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We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.
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Most American writers don't get asked their opinion on current affairs, whereas in Europe and England, we still do. There are writers here who are the most sophisticated commentators, but they're not asked. Like Don DeLillo, who sort of forecast most of the modern world before it happened.
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Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die.
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All is worthwhile if the soul is not small.
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Everyone has egos, and you want to come out on top. You have to pick yourself up and go at it again.
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You don't have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them … One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals. Dogs would pursue their natural lives in the wild … they would have full lives, not wasting at home for someone to come home in the evening and pet them and then sit there and watch TV.
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That's silly talk... Talk to my wife. She'll tell me I need to learn to just put my socks on the hamper.
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Tunnel vision can kill creativity.
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I want to communicate to the everyday person. I don't want to just roll around in my own avant-garde pool of coolness.
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I don't believe in reducing a style and a voice down to a set of descriptions, so I've never done that.
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You can change your body shape by permitting yourself to exercise and eat a healthy diet and so on - and we've heard miraculous stories of people who have lost hundreds of pounds, and they look like a completely different person - but that's not the norm for the average person, and a lot of times, people don't get that way in a healthy way.
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I liked my fellow Marines. I didn't like pointless orders.
