Joe R. Lansdale Quotes
I've been writing since 1973. I've written nonfiction things of that nature, but I'm probably best known for crime fiction and, to some extent, horror fiction.
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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I've been a victim in every film I have done so far. It would be nice to play someone who doesn't get killed for once. Then again, I am getting really good at screaming and fake tears.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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Putting a tax on carbon could be an effective approach for curbing global warming pollution.
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I go to all these photo shoots, and each time I figure out something new about myself and what I want to wear.
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There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. 'In the Mood for Love,' though, reached all the way to my belly.
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Movies have been my way to get out of my backyard. I'm trying to let people know that movies change people's lives.
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When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want.
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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I remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam.
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At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.
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The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
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Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increases, the prices soften. When prices fall, some mines with higher production costs will shut down as they become unviable.
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While technology empowers us to remain connected all the time, it's up to us as people to decide when is it not appropriate to be connected... to opt out when you need to.
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I like the sudden shock of non-sequitur color. Color, in fact, is my weakness.
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Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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Man has learned how to challenge both Nature and art to become the incitements to vice! His very cups he has delighted to engrave with libidinous subjects, and he takes pleasure in drinking from vessels of obscene form!
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Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.
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You don't write the kitchen scene just because you're eager to do it that day and you're avoiding something else. I think it has to move slowly, step by step. I pride myself on the construction of my stories but it's not something I impose on them.
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For sure, the American people have access to more information now than any other people who have ever lived on earth. And I think we do a pretty good job of sorting out what's important.
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I've been writing since 1973. I've written nonfiction things of that nature, but I'm probably best known for crime fiction and, to some extent, horror fiction.
