Richard Ford
Richard Ford
Richard Fordis an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land and Let Me Be Frank with You, and the short story collection Rock Springs, which contains several widely anthologized stories...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth16 February 1944
CityJackson, MS
CountryUnited States of America
Richard Ford quotes about
blueprint less life longer maybe subtle supposed
There's a lot to be said for doing what you're not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what you're supposed to do are more subtle and take longer to become apparent, which maybe makes it less attractive. But your life is the blueprint you make after the building is built.
great reader
That said, being dyslexic, I wasn't a great reader when I was kid.
decided experience greater larger parochial rather southern urge
I decided early on that I wanted to participate in the greater American experience, rather than the parochial one in Mississippi. But I have an urge as a writer to meld the Southern experience into the larger American one.
child excuse good hate married time toward wife
I don't hate children. My wife and I just didn't think we would be good parents, and also by the time we got married in 1968, we were pretty nose-down toward what we wanted to do, and having a child was going to be an excuse to fail.
freezing knows lord people rain waiting
We can't get them all in the church. There were hundreds of people waiting outside. They come. They come from Lord knows where, rain or shine, freezing or warm.
aware course developed doctrine information last nations offensive several warfare
We are aware now, over the course of the last two years, that several other nations have developed offensive information warfare units, organizations, tactics, doctrine and capability.
dream way wake-up
I know you can dream your way through an otherwise fine life, and never wake up, which is what I almost did.
idiotic wells
Some idiotic things are well worth doing.
wells
You can't always go to the well and have things be funny.
thinking ideas good-ideas
Marry somebody you love and who thinks you being a writer's a good idea.
people president want
Some people want to be bank presidents. Other people want to rob banks.
ifs loses
If you lose all hope, you can always find it again.
secret who-we-are married
Our ex-wifes always harbour secrets about us that make them irresistable. Until, of course, we remember who we are and what we did and why we are not married anymore.
maturity admitting way
Maturity, as I conceived it, was recognizing what was bad or peculiar in life, admitting it has to stay that way, and going ahead with the best of things.