Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

I'm not from the movie world. I'm from the book world.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

In February of 1972, a snowstorm blew into Kansas City, and I decided to hitchhike to California. The roads were icy, snowflakes howling, and nobody would drive me to the highway, so I humped through the snow and ice and caught a ride with a concerned cop to the Kansas Turnpike.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

I love Shakespeare and the Greeks - learned a lot studying them at one time.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

I always gravitate towards anything from Ireland. With Irish lit, I love the use of language, but also in many instances, the Irish writers are writing about people and circumstances that I can relate to.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

I rise near dawn, make a strong cup of coffee, wander to my desk and come fully awake by reading something written the day before.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

You realize you're alive while you're alive, and you better notice it then, because later, it's hard to see.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

I was thinking of my father's family. I can find their graves, but not that much about them. They didn't do anything notable enough to be in the records of newspapers.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

I've always been fascinated by the Mississippi River and the way of life in these small river towns.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

For a long time, I didn't think I wanted to live in the Ozarks or write about the region. It seemed to be a sure recipe for obscurity, and to be obscure was not my conscious ambition.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

There's an overlap between social-realist fiction and crime fiction - a sweet spot there.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

I joined the Marines the week I turned 17, and that led to a few experiences that might qualify as adventure - eye of the beholder.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

I've bumped into at least three people in town who all insist 'Winter's Bone' is about them.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

I always loved the verve and vivacity of pulp and I kind of merged it with my own interest in family stories.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

The opening novel of the 'Bayou Trilogy' was the first one I finished.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

When I started to be a writer, I was not going to run the risk of boring you.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

I didn't really expect to be coming to the Oscars.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

I felt like a number of things in me as a writer just clicked.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

I have a book in the pipeline of short stories. You want to hear an agent scream, say 'I'm thinking about doing a collection of short stories set in the Ozarks.'

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

But I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books I have to start a new direction.

Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell

Earned a bachelor's at 27, then an M.F.A. that is still completely unused and in mint condition, never taken out of the box.