You develop a sensibility when you're a young child. Some people say your personality is formed in the first three, four years of your life.
Joe FrankStop at nothing to get the best work that you can get. Betray, violate, cause enormous harm.
Joe FrankI found it extremely annoying when somebody would say something like "You seem to be influenced by Ken Nordine." And I didn't even know who Ken Nordine was.
Joe FrankWhen I went to the University of Iowa in order to be a writer, I thought, This is the worst way to learn how to write. To sit in a room with a bunch of would-be writers, who want to write the Great American Novel, every one of them, and you read their stories and they read yours, and you're not living a life. I don't like that. I like learning on the job. The character of my work has definitely evolved from the character of my life.
Joe Frank