W. P. Kinsella
W. P. Kinsella
William Patrick Kinsella, OC, OBCis a Canadian novelist and short story writer, known for his novel Shoeless Joe, which was adapted into the movie Field of Dreams in 1989. His work has often concerned baseball, First Nations people, and other Canadian issues...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 May 1935
CountryCanada
thinking lucky no-money
I think it is worse [in 2015] for a mid-list author such as myself. You either have to sell like Stephen King or go with the small presses where there is no money. I was lucky to have been in the right place and time for many years.
dream daughter musical
I was lucky to get one good adaptation. Field of Dreams the Musical is lurking in the wings. Hope it will provide my daughters with a ton of money someday.
basketball sports worst
Basketball is the worst sport. They need to raise the basket at least two feet.
moving dark league
I became exclusively an American League fan when they instituted the DH rule, and will remain so until the National League moves out of the dark ages.
dad children world
My dad talked a good game. [I'm as a] child got only the World Series on the radio.
gold exhausted
Found a good voice and took advantage of it. Each of my specialties was like a prospector discovering a vein of gold. I worked each until the vein was exhausted.
memories cat home
1946, if my memory is correct. Harry "The Cat" Brecheen went against the Red Sox in Game 7. I stayed home to listen, practically had my head inside the radio.
work use four
Syzygy, inexorable, pancreatic, phantasmagoria - anyone who can use those four words in one sentence will never have to do manual labor.
moments significant significant-moments
Hardly anybody recognizes the most significant moments of their life at the time they happen.
crossings barriers
Perhaps crossing the barriers of time has freed me.
choices ifs
If I have a choice between looking something up and making it up, I'll make it up every time.
sneak-in profound laughing
I am an old-fashioned storyteller. I try to make people laugh and cry. A fiction writer's duty is to entertain. If you can sneak in something profound or symbolic, so much the better.
ifs
If you build it, they will come.
hero needs
Heroes don't need to talk about what they did.