American - Writer | October 28, 1951 -
I've always done just pretty much what I wanted to do. I mean, I just did a thing for a small press called 'Zeppelins West' that's nothing but an absolute, over-the-top farce, almost like an Abbott & Costello, alternate-universe Western.
Joe R. Lansdale
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Texas is as alien as Mars.
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Some people see writing as a white-collar career, but I've always approached it as a blue-collar writer.
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I figure I can be artistic, but I work like a blue-collar person, too, and I'm serious about that.
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I've never liked the publishing world's determination to pigeonhole every writer into a genre.
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I don't want people reading my books just because they're horror or mysteries. I want them to read them because they're Joe Lansdale books.
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The simple fact is, the more people who buy your books, the more are likely to read you. That's what I'd like to see happen.
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Every time I've ever gotten close to being successful, I've found some way to screw it up.
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I've done very well financially and sold a lot because I've had a multiple method of attack as a writer. That's a conscious strategy.
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If you don't toot your own horn, it goeth untooted.
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Psychologists and psychiatrists send me cards and say, 'Hey, I love your books.'
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I always write like the devil's behind me with a whip. I'm going to write because I like it. Then I'm going to write another.
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