Probably because I personally knew at least six or seven people in Ross County who died from overdoses in the last three years. The heroin epidemic is just too aggravating and sad and unsettling for even someone like me to live with and think about for the time it would take to write a book dealing with it.
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 PollockReligion can be a good thing, but basically the way I look at it is that it provides a moral code, common sense. But then people distort it and use it as an excuse to be a bully. It's sad, but that's the way it's worked for a several thousand years now.
Donald Ray PollockI don't think I'd call [mood] a major force, but it is important as far as hitting the right notes or nuances with a character or scene.
Donald Ray Pollock