Joe R. Lansdale : (4) " I’m glad I’ve had the comic work. I plan to do others, but I could lay it down if I had to choose. I hope I don’t have to, though. " - Joe R. Lansdale " The bottom line is, Texas and its people are pretty much what most people mean when they use the broader term ‘America.’ " - Joe R. Lansdale " My dad was born in 1909, my mother in 1914, I believe. Their life experiences were different than younger parents, so I grew up with a different perspective. " - Joe R. Lansdale " I was well under the spell of the old Gold Medal Crime novels when I wrote ‘Savage Season,’ and I wanted to write a modern version of that. I had tried the same thing with ‘Cold in July,’ and I wanted to give it another go. " - Joe R. Lansdale