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.

- Donald Ray Pollock

[Degree in English] gave me a little more self-confidence, to know that I'd managed to complete something like that.

- Donald Ray Pollock

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

Unless he had whiskey running through his veins, Willard came to the clearing every morning and evening to talk to God. Arvin didn't know which was w…

- Donald Ray Pollock

The humor I came up with is, for the most part, a bit crude or guttural, and many people aren't going to get it or enjoy it, but some do, and that me…

- Donald Ray Pollock

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

I really have no idea what the French think of my characters, or why The Devil All the Time did so well there.

- Donald Ray Pollock

For example, if it's a sad scene, I need to feel that way, at least to a slight degree and for a short while, to get it right. Which is why I sometim…

- Donald Ray Pollock

J.R. Angelella is a truly gifted writer. Zombie is one of the smartest, strangest, and most beautifully crafted coming-of-age stories you will ever e…

- Donald Ray Pollock