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Donald Ray Pollock quotes: I'd always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get by in the world.

I'd always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get by in the world.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: I was always a big reader, even when everything was bad and miserable.

I was always a big reader, even when everything was bad and miserable.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: I'm not sure about 'absolute' happiness, but I am happiest when I go to bed at night knowing that I tried to do my best that day.

I'm not sure about 'absolute' happiness, but I am happiest when I go to bed at night knowing that I tried to do my best that day.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: When I turned fifty, I decided to quit the mill and go to graduate school.

When I turned fifty, I decided to quit the mill and go to graduate school.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: He imagined the door to a sad, empty room closing with a faint click, never to be opened again, and that calmed him a little.

He imagined the door to a sad, empty room closing with a faint click, never to be opened again, and that calmed him a little.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: I would like to write a book that wasn't so violent and weird, but I just don't think I can do that with my talent. I don't think it would

I would like to write a book that wasn't so violent and weird, but I just don't think I can do that with my talent. I don't think it would come off.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: Strangers complained about the stench, but the locals liked to brag that it was the sweet smell of money.

Strangers complained about the stench, but the locals liked to brag that it was the sweet smell of money.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: A damp, gray sky covered southern Ohio like the skin of a corpse.

A damp, gray sky covered southern Ohio like the skin of a corpse.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: Look, girls don't care how many push-ups you can do. They just want to get high and wear flowers in their hair. Maybe steal a car.

Look, girls don't care how many push-ups you can do. They just want to get high and wear flowers in their hair. Maybe steal a car.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: I'm probably the least cerebral guy you're ever going to meet as a writer.

I'm probably the least cerebral guy you're ever going to meet as a writer.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: Don't get me wrong: I think that everyone should put forth an effort to do better, but let's face it, some of us are just plain luckier than others.

Don't get me wrong: I think that everyone should put forth an effort to do better, but let's face it, some of us are just plain luckier than others.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: I'm not really a good reader. What I mean is, I think I'm not one of those people who can read a story and analyze it just like that.

I'm not really a good reader. What I mean is, I think I'm not one of those people who can read a story and analyze it just like that.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: A lot of people get the wrong impression, think there's something romantic or tragic about hitting bottom.

A lot of people get the wrong impression, think there's something romantic or tragic about hitting bottom.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: The Oxys filled holes in me I hadn't realized were empty. It was, at least for those first few months, a wonderful way to be disabled. I felt blessed.

The Oxys filled holes in me I hadn't realized were empty. It was, at least for those first few months, a wonderful way to be disabled. I felt blessed.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: Some people were born just so they could be buried.

Some people were born just so they could be buried.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: I sort of like writing about weird characters, I guess.

I sort of like writing about weird characters, I guess.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: I'm beginning to believe that anything I do to extend my life is just going to be outweighed by the agony of living it.

I'm beginning to believe that anything I do to extend my life is just going to be outweighed by the agony of living it.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: Michael Koryta is an amazingly talented writer, and I rank The Prophet as one of the sharpest and superbly plotted crime novels I've read in my life.

Michael Koryta is an amazingly talented writer, and I rank The Prophet as one of the sharpest and superbly plotted crime novels I've read in my life.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: It's hard to live a good life ... It seems like the Devil don't ever let up.

It's hard to live a good life ... It seems like the Devil don't ever let up.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: Because of who we were, I already knew what we would do.

Because of who we were, I already knew what we would do.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: You can't be a pussy all your life Todd. Someday you're just gonna have to say fuck it.

You can't be a pussy all your life Todd. Someday you're just gonna have to say fuck it.

Donald Ray Pollock quotes: I spent thirty-two years in a paper mill in southern Ohio, and before that, I worked in a meatpacking plant and a shoe factory.

I spent thirty-two years in a paper mill in southern Ohio, and before that, I worked in a meatpacking plant and a shoe factory.