Daniel Woodrell Quotes

For a long time, I didn't think I wanted to live in the Ozarks or write about the region. It seemed to be a sure recipe for obscurity, and to be obscure was not my conscious ambition.

Daniel Woodrell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 4, 1953

Topics

LiveTimeAmbitionThinkLongWrite

I didn't hit puberty until I was, like, 17, so I love to talk about that.

Jenny Slate

LoveTalkPubertyLikeHitUntil

I was never particularly a part of the following of tango; I just liked it... most of all, I recognized that the urban content and the approach seemed very familiar and very connected to the songs that I was doing, the kind of songs that I wanted to write - the songs about the street.

Ruben Blades

DoingKindStreetConnectedNever

Japanese chefs believe our soul goes into our knives once we start using them. You wouldn't put your soul in a dishwasher!

Masaharu Morimoto

SoulStartBelieveYouJapaneseOur

My wife was a licensed psychologist by profession and a college professor of psychology.

Marvin Sapp

WifeCollegePsychologyProfessor

We don't pump out albums eight months apart from each other.

Josh Silver

OutPumpEightOtherApartMonths

My mother and I lived in an apartment complex in a neighborhood. So there was a gaggle of kids. Every day after school, we'd just meet up in a field, and some game would be chosen, Wiffle ball or tag, and you'd play that until the streetlights came on.

Jon Hamm

MotherDaySchoolGameYouPlay

I think the great country songs mixed with some of that bluegrass instrumentation - and surrounding all that with a little bit of a rock vibe and energy - is the kind of music I make.

Dierks Bentley

MusicGreatEnergyThinkCountry

So to all Americans, in every city near and far, small and large, from mountain to mountain, and from ocean to ocean, hear these words: You will never be ignored again. Your voice, your hopes, and your dreams will define our American destiny. And your courage and goodness and love will forever guide us along the way.

Donald Trump

LoveDreamsCourageYour DreamsCity

I disagree with everything John Updike has ever said.

David Shields

SaidEverythingDisagreeEverJohn

Comedy is so hard to do, so it was very cool to do dead pan humor.

Brittany Daniel

HumorCoolComedyDeadHardVery

Classifying the stars has helped materially in all studies of the structure of the universe.

Annie Jump Cannon

StarsUniverseStructureStudies

I'll read anything Anne Carson writes, anything J. M. Coetzee writes, and anything Cormac McCarthy writes. I'll drop whatever I'm doing to read a new Mary Ruefle essay.

Anthony Doerr

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