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
heart loss thinking
When you are sixteen you do not know what your parents know, or much of what they understand, and less of what's in their hearts. This can save you from becoming an adult too early, save your life from becoming only theirs lived over again--which is a loss. But to shield yourself--as I didn't do--seems to be an even greater error, since what's lost is the truth of your parents' life and what you should think about it, and beyond that, how you should estimate the world you are about to live in.
rewards life-is building
Theres a lot to be said for doing what youre not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what youre 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.
giving world credit
The world is a more engaging and less dramatic place than writers ever give it credit for being
summer morning moving
Any rainy summer morning, of course, has the seeds of gloomy alienation sown in. But a rainy summer morning far from home - when your personal clouds don't move but hang - can easily produce the feeling of the world as seen from the grave. This I know.
happiness writing important
Happiness for me is getting to write about the most important things I know.
rights america people
America beats on you so hard the whole time. You are constantly being pummeled by other people's rights and their sense of patriotism.
brain obsessive-compulsive disorder
I had a Tourette's period. And obsessive compulsive disorder. Things would get in my brain that I couldn't get out of my brain.
heart stories theory
I have a theory... that someplace at the heart of most compelling stories is something that doesn't make sense.
guy kind
I'm kind of a distractible guy.
reading literature beats
I started reading literature at 17 or 18, and I felt this extra beat to life.
thinking
I think once you love somebody, you love somebody; that's just how it is.
opportunity play guilty
I'm an equal opportunity reader - although I don't much read plays. And since I was raised a Presbyterian, pretty much all pleasures are guilty.
realization
Very early you come to the realization that nothing will ever take you away from yourself.
people listening realizing
When people realize they are being listened to, they tell you things.