Daniel Woodrell

“Shade said as he stepped down the hall, “is another of the ‘eternal boy’s’ major concerns, if you can believe it.” The…

— 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…

— Daniel Woodrell

“Ree sat chilled inside her squat tent. To occupy her mind, she decided to name all the Miltons: Thump, Blond, Catfish, Spider,…

— Daniel Woodrell

“boys popped wheelies that landed very near the men, then exercised their audacity by requesting quarters to stop. “I could scuff your…

— Daniel Woodrell

Pine trees with low limbs spread over fresh snow made a stronger vault for the spirit than pews and pulpits ever could.

— Daniel Woodrell

“Then she moved backwards, deeper into the shadow. All I could see was that she was barely there, like something you almost…

— Daniel Woodrell

“This new spot for life might be but a short journey as a winged creature covers it, that is often said, but,…

— Daniel Woodrell

Ree, brunette and sixteen, with milk skin and abrupt green eyes, stood bare-armed in a fluttering yellowed dress, face to the wind,…

— Daniel Woodrell

When I left Iowa, I definitely never wanted to stand in front of a group of academics again and see if they…

— Daniel Woodrell

“In the morning we shed our blue sheep’s clothing. Our border shirts came out of satchels and onto our backs. We preferred…

— Daniel Woodrell

“The bodies draped down through the leaves like rancid baubles in the locks of a horrible harlot.”

— Daniel Woodrell

The heart's in it then, spinning dreams, and torment is on the way. The heart makes dreams seem like ideas.

— Daniel Woodrell

I, myself, often wished to be spared the expectation of better days ahead or such.

— Daniel Woodrell

“As the ample Hedda, who disguised her ampleness behind a billow of yellow summer dress, told it, her life up ’til she…

— Daniel Woodrell

“She would never cry where her tears might be seen and counted against her.”

— Daniel Woodrell

“He’s got that ‘born to lose and lose violently’ air about him. That’s good.”

— Daniel Woodrell

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

— Daniel Woodrell

“babies don't know anything but nipples and lullabies. they splash out looks of wonder on anybody whether they merit it or not.”

— Daniel Woodrell

“I slept for over a full day, as you know, but I won’t say I rested.”

— Daniel Woodrell

“Ree followed a path made by prey uphill through scrub, across a bald knob and downhill into a section of pine trees…

— Daniel Woodrell

“Nobody cares for getting belittled by a person you’ve had sex with. A person you’ve licked all over. Nobody wants to sit…

— Daniel Woodrell

“Nobody here wants to be awful," he said. He hopped a little as he zipped up. "It's just nobody here knows all…

— Daniel Woodrell

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

— Daniel Woodrell

Love and hate hold hands always so it made natural sense that they'd get confused by upset married folk in the wee…

— Daniel Woodrell

“That water's colder'n hell!" That's what makes it good. That's what makes it help all your bruises'n bumps'n stuff." It's colder'n a…

— Daniel Woodrell