The heart's in it then, spinning dreams, and torment is on the way. The heart makes dreams seem like ideas.

But I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books I have to start a new direction.

There's an overlap between social-realist fiction and crime fiction - a sweet spot there.

I had been born shoved to the margins of the world, sure, but I had volunteered for the pits.

I didn't really expect to be coming to the Oscars.

The opening novel of the 'Bayou Trilogy' was the first one I finished.

I've bumped into at least three people in town who all insist 'Winter's Bone' is about them.