140 Quotes by 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.

A person has to show some spirit -- fate just about never shines on chickenshits.

I said shut up once already, with my mouth.

When I left Iowa, I definitely never wanted to stand in front of a group of academics again and see if they approved of me. I made up my mind to take my work to the actual reading public.

Fading light buttered the ridges until shadows licked them clean and they were lost to nightfall.

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

The heart makes dreams seem like ideas.

You got to be ready to die every day - then you got a chance.

Long, dark, and lovely she had been, in those days before her mind broke and the parts scattered and she let them go.