Author: Joe R. Lansdale

Quotes

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

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

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

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

My father was the first person to introduce me to self-defense and martial arts, which I've been doing all my life now.

My father was the first person to introduce me to self-defense and martial arts, which I've been doing all my life now.

- 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

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