All Daniel Woodrell Quotes
- Pine trees with low limbs spread over fresh snow made a stronger vault for the spirit than pews and pulpits ever could. Fresh
- I had been born shoved to the margins of the world, sure, but I had volunteered for the pits. Been
- It's not always to the benefit of the story to have it so preordained. Benefit
- Gail had a baby named Ned who was four months old, and a new look of baffled hurt, a left-behind sadness, like she saw that… Baby
- But I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books I have to start a new direction. Been
- I always loved the verve and vivacity of pulp and I kind of merged it with my own interest in family stories. Always Loved
- I didn't really expect to be coming to the Oscars. Coming
- I felt like a number of things in me as a writer just clicked. Clicked
- I've bumped into at least three people in town who all insist 'Winter's Bone' is about them. All
- The opening novel of the 'Bayou Trilogy' was the first one I finished. Bayou
- There's an overlap between social-realist fiction and crime fiction - a sweet spot there. Crime
- When I started to be a writer, I was not going to run the risk of boring you. Boring
- 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… Agent
- Never. Never ask for what ought to be offered. Ask
- Ree, brunette and sixteen, with milk skin and abrupt green eyes, stood bare-armed in a fluttering yellowed dress, face to the wind, her cheeks reddening… Abrupt
- Long, dark, and lovely she had been, in those days before her mind broke and the parts scattered and she let them go. Been
- The heart's in it then, spinning dreams, and torment is on the way. The heart makes dreams seem like ideas. Dream
- Love and hate hold hands always so it made natural sense that they'd get confused by upset married folk in the wee hours once in… Afoot
- Fading light buttered the ridges until shadows licked them clean and they were lost to nightfall. Buttered
- The heart makes dreams seem like ideas. Dream
- You got to be ready to die every day - then you got a chance. Chance
- This is how sudden things happened that haunted forever. Forever
- I said shut up once already, with my mouth. Inspirational