138 Quotes by Joe R. Lansdale

When you live in a small town behind the Pine Curtain, you live inside your head a lot.

I didn't read Western novels much until I was in my twenties, but I had a diet of them on film and TV, as well as other things, of course.

'The Bottoms' or 'A Fine Dark Line' are two of my favorites.

'Night They Missed the Horror Show' is my signature story. It changed my life, so it remains my favorite.

I come from blue collar. I'm very working class.

My mother wanted me to be a reader. She was a reader. Even though she had an 11th-grade education, she was curious about all kinds of things - archeology, anthropology.

I started writing when I was 9. My mother told me it was before that, but that was the first I remember.

Sometimes, if I don't write for a day or two, I get backed up - it's like constipation.

People who grew up on my books are now able to get the point across to others that they're worth reading.