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• It was the kind of talk that made me want to break off a limb and take to whacking her and that bunch of hypocrites across the back of the head.

  Joe R. Lansdale

  Hypocrite, Break Off, Want

  Joe R. Lansdale (2012). “Edge of Dark Water”, p.81, Hachette UK

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• Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis are just great in that, and Don's direction is sublime. Love it, and I was glad to be a part of it, if just in spirit and Don's desire for it to be a good film and for me to be happy with it. When I first saw it I was very impressed, and it gets better with repeat viewings.

  Joe R. Lansdale

  Sublime, Get Better, Desire

  Source: thequietus.com

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• I was very familiar with both actors, as well as Christina Hendricks and Bill Sage, Jimmi Simpson, Polly McIntosh, but the other main actors were new to me. And they were all terrific. Just amazing. Actually, Lowell Northrop optioned Savage Season from me, first book in the series, and I wrote a screenplay.

  Joe R. Lansdale

  Book, Savages, Actors

  Source: thequietus.com

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• We couldn't get it off the ground as a film, but then we begin to think television, and Lowell pushed it out there and Jim and Nick were anxious to do Hap and Leonard anyway, and I had worked with them before, so it was a perfect story. I love the series. I hope there's a second.

  Joe R. Lansdale

  Thinking, Perfect, Stories

  Source: thequietus.com

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• The reviews on it, and the new novel, Honky Tonk Samurai have been awesome, though I'm of the school if you believe the good ones you got to believe the bad ones, it's been mostly good ones. The previewers seem to be very happy and excited about it. I know I am. There are plans to continue if it does well.

  Joe R. Lansdale

  Believe, School, Doe

  Source: thequietus.com

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• I wouldn't choose conscientious objector and I wouldn't go to Canada. I did what Hap did and almost went to prison. I think the threw me a bone as the war was winding down, and I think they accepted my sincerity for being against that war.

  Joe R. Lansdale

  War, Thinking, Down And

  Source: thequietus.com

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• I would have fought in WW2, so I wasn't a pacifist in the broader sense. I prefer to be a pacifist, but I think there are exceptions and times to defend yourself or your country, but that war wasn't one of them.

  Joe R. Lansdale

  Country, War, Thinking

  Source: thequietus.com

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• I took what worked for me and found I had a system that others were interested in and seemed to work for a wide number of people. It was recognised by other martial artists, grandmasters and such, and they gave me the recognition. I'm proud of my work in martial arts. I still teach but only once a week in a private class, and I train a couple more days a week.

  Joe R. Lansdale

  Art, Couple, Class

  Source: thequietus.com

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• Scott Sigler's Infected is a bucking pulp pony that throws you this way and that, and just when you think you've got your balance, that ole pony bucks the other way. All in all, one hell of an exhilarating ride, and highly recommended.

  Joe R. Lansdale

  Thinking, Balance, Ponies

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• There's no one more obnoxious and self-righteous than the self-made man. And no one more admirable.

  Joe R. Lansdale

  Men, Self, Made

  Joe R. Lansdale (2010). “Mucho Mojo: A Hap and Leonard Novel (2)”, p.101, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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