Author: Joe R. Lansdale

Quotes

I think there are some people for whom words are like food.

I think there are some people for whom words are like food.

- Joe R. Lansdale

I love and respect the West - you can't live in Texas and not do that.

I love and respect the West - you can't live in Texas and not do that.

- Joe R. Lansdale

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.

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.

- Joe R. Lansdale

I come from a poor family.

I come from a poor family.

- Joe R. Lansdale

I tried to draw and write comics when I was four. By the time I was nine, I had written my first story - about my dog, of course.

I tried to draw and write comics when I was four. By the time I was nine, I had written my first story - about my dog, of course.

- Joe R. Lansdale

My father always encouraged me to get an education, but he was also a guy that, when he was younger, had ridden the rails from town to town to box and wrestle for money.

My father always encouraged me to get an education, but he was also a guy that, when he was younger, had ridden the rails from town to town to box and wrestle for money.

- Joe R. Lansdale

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