I never felt poor. Our family euphemism was that we were broke, which I think psychologically gave you a different feeling. There were people far worse than we were. Joe R. Lansdale Read Quote
I was born in the ’50s – 1951. So I grew up during that part of the ’50s when everything was supposed to be at its best in America, they claimed, and then eased into the ’60s. Joe R. Lansdale Read Quote
I lived below the poverty line when I was young and starting out as a writer. But my wife and I kept trying to do things better, as anyone with ambition does. But just because you’re trying doesn’t mean you’re always going to succeed. Joe R. Lansdale Read Quote
The Westerns have probably affected me more than any one thing, Western-related material. I love Westerns. Joe R. Lansdale Read Quote
I’ve been writing since 1973. I’ve written nonfiction things of that nature, but I’m probably best known for crime fiction and, to some extent, horror fiction. Joe R. Lansdale Read Quote
I started writing when I was 9. My mother told me it was before that, but that was the first I remember. Joe R. Lansdale Read Quote
My parents had become adults during the Great Depression, as had many of my aunts and uncles, so I got stories from all of them. They are fastened up inside me, and now and again, they have to come out. Joe R. Lansdale Read Quote
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. Joe R. Lansdale Read Quote
