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Ben Fountain Quotes

I think I was lucky to come of age in a place and time - the American South in the 1960s and 70s - when the machine hadn’t completely taken over life. The natural world was still the world, and machines - TV, telephone, cars - were still more or less ancillary, and computers were unheard of in everyday life Picture Quote #1

I realized I was never going to have any peace with myself unless I made an honest stab at trying to write Picture Quote #1

The smartest thing I did in law school: asking my future wife to go out dancing with me. The smartest thing I did when practicing law: quitting. The smartest thing I’ve done in writing: following my own head and writing what I wanted to write, and nothing but Picture Quote #1

If you could figure out how to live with family then you’d gone a long way toward finding your peace Picture Quote #1

I started publishing stories in small magazines early on, but after seven or eight or nine years you feel like you need a little more than that to show for your efforts Picture Quote #1

The funny thing is, about the time I let go of any aspiration toward worldly success, that’s about the time I started writing decent work Picture Quote #1

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After Bush was elected in 2004 - please note that I didn’t say ‘re-elected’ - and I was walking around in my befuzzed state of confusion and low-grade depression, I set out more or systematically to read writers who’d grappled with that fundamental question of what America is, why it is the way it is Picture Quote #1

It’s amazing what happens when you stick yourself in a place and let things take their more or less natural course Picture Quote #1

I took two fiction-writing courses in college and majored in literature. I felt that I had a knack though I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a talent. But it scared me. I felt it was a childish thing wanting to write and that I would forget about it eventually Picture Quote #1

I think if you spend much time dwelling on influence you can get self-conscious about every line you write. That’s a great way to freeze up Picture Quote #1

I never listen to music when I’m writing Picture Quote #1

Americans are incredibly polite as long as they get what they want Picture Quote #1

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Maybe the light’s at the other end of the tunnel Picture Quote #1

It is sort of weird being honored for the worst day of your life Picture Quote #1

If you could figure out how to live with family then you’d gone a long way toward finding your peace Picture Quote #1

The smartest thing I did in law school: asking my future wife to go out dancing with me. The smartest thing I did when practicing law: quitting. The smartest thing I’ve done in writing: following my own head and writing what I wanted to write, and nothing but Picture Quote #1

There was no such thing as perfection in this world, only moments of such extreme transparency that you forgot yourself, a holy mercy if there ever was one Picture Quote #1

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I think I was lucky to come of age in a place and time - the American South in the 1960s and 70s - when the machine hadn’t completely taken over life. The natural world was still the world, and machines - TV, telephone, cars - were still more or less ancillary, and computers were unheard of in everyday life (Ben Fountain Quotes) I realized I was never going to have any peace with myself unless I made an honest stab at trying to write. (Ben Fountain Quotes) The smartest thing I did in law school: asking my future wife to go out dancing with me. The smartest thing I did when practicing law: quitting. The smartest thing I’ve done in writing: following my own head and writing what I wanted to write, and nothing but. (Ben Fountain Quotes) If you could figure out how to live with family then you’d gone a long way toward finding your peace. (Ben Fountain Quotes) I started publishing stories in small magazines early on, but after seven or eight or nine years you feel like you need a little more than that to show for your efforts. (Ben Fountain Quotes) The funny thing is, about the time I let go of any aspiration toward worldly success, that’s about the time I started writing decent work. (Ben Fountain Quotes) After Bush was elected in 2004 - please note that I didn’t say ‘re-elected’ - and I was walking around in my befuzzed state of confusion and low-grade depression, I set out more or systematically to read writers who’d grappled with that fundamental question of what America is, why it is the way it is. (Ben Fountain Quotes) It’s amazing what happens when you stick yourself in a place and let things take their more or less natural course. (Ben Fountain Quotes) I took two fiction-writing courses in college and majored in literature. I felt that I had a knack though I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a talent. But it scared me. I felt it was a childish thing wanting to write and that I would forget about it eventually (Ben Fountain Quotes) I think if you spend much time dwelling on influence you can get self-conscious about every line you write. That’s a great way to freeze up (Ben Fountain Quotes) I never listen to music when I’m writing (Ben Fountain Quotes) Americans are incredibly polite as long as they get what they want (Ben Fountain Quotes) Maybe the light’s at the other end of the tunnel (Ben Fountain Quotes) It is sort of weird being honored for the worst day of your life (Ben Fountain Quotes) If you could figure out how to live with family then you’d gone a long way toward finding your peace (Ben Fountain Quotes) The smartest thing I did in law school: asking my future wife to go out dancing with me. The smartest thing I did when practicing law: quitting. The smartest thing I’ve done in writing: following my own head and writing what I wanted to write, and nothing but (Ben Fountain Quotes) There was no such thing as perfection in this world, only moments of such extreme transparency that you forgot yourself, a holy mercy if there ever was one (Ben Fountain Quotes)