Daniel Woodrell Quotes

Just because it's got a gun doesn't make it a crime novel, and just because there's a horse doesn't make it a western.

Daniel Woodrell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GunHorseJust BecauseCrimeJust

I hope that by modeling feminism in my own life, work and relationships that it will haut become an organic part of my daughter's life. But I'm also fully prepared for her to become a Republican as a way to rebel as a teenager - that would be just my luck!

Jessica Valenti

LifeWorkDaughterHopeLuckRebel

Nobody thinks of themselves as sexy, really. Some days you go, 'Hey, I'm not going too bad today.' But if you try and be sexy, you'll never be sexy.

Jennifer Aniston

TodaySexyYouBadNobodyGo

I also know that I am not a great technician.

John Fahey

GreatI AmKnowTechnicianAmAlso

I believe that there are better opportunities to keep people safe if we are outside the European Union.

Michael Gove

PeopleBelieveOpportunitiesBetter

A reforming liberal leader in Russia is the Holy Grail of Kremlinology, but the search for one is as misguided and hopeless as that for the relic of the Last Supper.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

LeaderSearchHopelessRussiaLast

Man dies of cold, not of darkness.

Miguel de Unamuno

DarknessDeathManColdDies

I'm definitely a gambler, as exemplified by the massive risks I've taken.

Molly Bloom

RisksTakenMassiveGambler

Memories are fallible and a timer can save a lot of hard work from going out of the window.

Delia Smith

WorkHard WorkMemoriesWindowHard

I was caught on the freeway for hours when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. The entire city had to be evacuated. I observed lives threatened by catastrophes and a whole range of behaviour. What could people do during a crisis?

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

PeopleCityNewCrisisNew Orleans

I enjoy playing Mr. Darcy, but I'm not hungry to play Mark Darcy again.

Colin Firth

EnjoyPlayHungryMarkPlayingMr

I've always loved the wild rumpus in 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak, because the words disappear, the pictures take up the whole page, and we move forward in the story by turning the pages.

Brian Selznick

WordsForwardStoryLovedPictures

The memoir industry is, what's the word? Under regulated. I think it needs to be pruned. If there are too many books right now and the market for readers is shrinking, I think we can get rid of many of the memoirs. Another memoir should be awfully well justified before it gets published.

Arthur Phillips

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