The town of St. Charles near St. Louis was founded by a trapper named Blanchette. There is a section that's called Frenchtown on historical markers.

I was born in West Plains, and we lived here till I was one. Then my dad needed to get a job, so we moved to the St. Louis area. I lived in St. Charles, on the Missouri River, till I was 15.

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

I had bill collectors chasing me. We were skipping from town to town, not leaving forwarding addresses. The agent couldn't find me when he sold my book. He finally found me.

Near Albion, we have 30 to 50 wells to drill in a 20-section area.

I'm going to take this car to (builder) Jerry Haas' shop (near St. Louis) and go through it from the front end to the wheelie bars. There's something wrong in the car. It never does the same thing twice.