Joe R. Lansdale Quotes
Some people see writing as a white-collar career, but I've always approached it as a blue-collar writer.
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
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I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive.
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I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing. I love it, and I'm very greedy, and I really enjoy it!
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The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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As long as people have been making little people, they've wanted to know how not to.
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I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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'Runaround Sue' was a big record for me, as well as the music video for it.
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People always worry that buying tech products today carries a risk of obsolescence. Most of the time, that fear is overblown.
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I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.
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Although Damascus is considered the oldest city in the world, the date of its foundation going beyond tradition, there are very few relics of antiquity in or near it.
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Technology is a tool that has allowed us to swipe around like an angry toddler.
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Every time I see high-trust cultures, I see a lessening of adversarialism.
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Losing people makes you realize you've got to grab life - not put things off.
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Some people see writing as a white-collar career, but I've always approached it as a blue-collar writer.
