I don't really think the outburst is recent; there have always been writers in Appalachia. — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I think my characters - well, at least a few of them - are hoping or searching for some kind of contact… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I don't think I'd call [mood] a major force, but it is important as far as hitting the right notes or nuances… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I think the biggest influence on the book, as far as the humor goes, comes, at least indirectly, from the men I… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I guess music is the one universal art form that most people can be moved by, regardless of where they come from,… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I do think they [French] view my writing itself as exotic - though that's probably not the best term for it -… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I think some people at Doubleday worried about that a bit when Knockemstiff came out, but, with the exception of one or… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I didn't feel that so much as an outsider when I started writing; I've felt that way all my life. I don't… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
A lot of people get the wrong impression, think there's something romantic or tragic about hitting bottom. — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I really have no idea what the French think of my characters, or why The Devil All the Time did so well… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
It was really just the name that inspired me: Rainsboro. It's located near Rocky Fork State Park. I have probably driven through… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
Probably because I personally knew at least six or seven people in Ross County who died from overdoses in the last three… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I don't think my book is any more shocking than if I went out right now and brought back your local newspaper… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
“Strangers complained about the stench, but the locals liked to brag that it was the sweet smell of money.” — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I don't really think the outburst is recent; there have always been writers in Appalachia. — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
Unless he had whiskey running through his veins, Willard came to the clearing every morning and evening to talk to God. Arvin didn't know… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
For example, if it's a sad scene, I need to feel that way, at least to a slight degree and for a short while,… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
As for how I feel about any success I've had, I just feel extremely lucky. Writing is a tough racket, and there are a… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
Part of the reason might be that I was born in 1954 and I look upon my youth with great fondness, like many old… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I've never heard of that anthology [Vance Randolph, Pissing in the Snow], but you can be sure I'll buy it now. — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
When I first started out, I was trying to write stories about nurses and lawyers and a lot of people I didn't know anything… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
“It's hard to live a good life...It seems like the Devil don't ever let up.” — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I'm not sure what the proper label might be, or the most accurate one, but someone once called my stuff Southern Ohio Gothic and… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
Don't get me wrong: I think that everyone should put forth an effort to do better, but let's face it, some of us are… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I look upon [writing about religion] as a nice way to get by in this precarious world, though I've never been able to do… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
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