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Richard Ford Quotes

You can’t always go to the well and have things be funny Picture Quote #1

I’ve been mainly a happy boy in my life. I married the right girl and we did what we wanted to do Picture Quote #1

The pace of life feels morally dangerous to me Picture Quote #1

For a time after my divorce everything began to seem profoundly ironic to me. I found myself thinking of other peoples’ worries as sources of amusement and private derision which I thought about at night to make myself feel better Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

My father died in my arms. That’s tumult. That’s everything exploding Picture Quote #1

My parents...were people running from the past, who didn’t look back at much if they could help it, and whose whole life always lay somewhere in the offing Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Life’s passed along to us empty. We have to make up the happiness part Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I wouldn’t be a very good writer if someone hadn’t taught me how to read Picture Quote #1

You can’t write ... on the strength of influence. You can only write a good story or a good novel by yourself Picture Quote #1

For a writer, children make life needlessly hard. I’ve muddled through a lot of things, but I have not muddled through my writing life. I work absolutely flat out, giving it my all Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I’ve never done. Also, I’m a person whom people talk to Picture Quote #1

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I realized I loved you, and I didn’t want to be married to somebody I didn’t love. I wanted to be married to you. It isn’t all that complicated Picture Quote #1

Very early you come to the realization that nothing will ever take you away from yourself Picture Quote #1

I haven’t scoured Dixie out of my voice. But I don’t think that the books that I have written... have really in any way been Southern in character Picture Quote #1

America beats on you so hard the whole time. You are constantly being pummeled by other people’s rights and their sense of patriotism Picture Quote #1

I started reading literature at 17 or 18, and I felt this extra beat to life Picture Quote #1

When people realize they are being listened to, they tell you things Picture Quote #1

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Writing never came naturally and I still have to force my hand to do it Picture Quote #1

The ways in which things are superficially similar but also distinct is interesting to me Picture Quote #1

Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing Picture Quote #1

Maybe I’m a serial regional writer. First here, then there, across the map Picture Quote #1

Fear and hope are alike underneath Picture Quote #1

I don’t have a very logical and orderly mind Picture Quote #1

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You can’t always go to the well and have things be funny (Richard Ford Quotes) I’ve been mainly a happy boy in my life. I married the right girl and we did what we wanted to do. (Richard Ford Quotes) The pace of life feels morally dangerous to me (Richard Ford Quotes) For a time after my divorce everything began to seem profoundly ironic to me. I found myself thinking of other peoples’ worries as sources of amusement and private derision which I thought about at night to make myself feel better (Richard Ford Quotes) 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 (Richard Ford Quotes) 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 (Richard Ford Quotes) 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 (Richard Ford Quotes) 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 (Richard Ford Quotes) My father died in my arms. That’s tumult. That’s everything exploding (Richard Ford Quotes) My parents...were people running from the past, who didn’t look back at much if they could help it, and whose whole life always lay somewhere in the offing. (Richard Ford Quotes) 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. (Richard Ford Quotes) Life’s passed along to us empty. We have to make up the happiness part. (Richard Ford Quotes) 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. (Richard Ford Quotes) I wouldn’t be a very good writer if someone hadn’t taught me how to read (Richard Ford Quotes) You can’t write ... on the strength of influence. You can only write a good story or a good novel by yourself. (Richard Ford Quotes) For a writer, children make life needlessly hard. I’ve muddled through a lot of things, but I have not muddled through my writing life. I work absolutely flat out, giving it my all. (Richard Ford Quotes) 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. (Richard Ford Quotes) My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I’ve never done. Also, I’m a person whom people talk to. (Richard Ford Quotes) I realized I loved you, and I didn’t want to be married to somebody I didn’t love. I wanted to be married to you. It isn’t all that complicated. (Richard Ford Quotes) Very early you come to the realization that nothing will ever take you away from yourself (Richard Ford Quotes) I haven’t scoured Dixie out of my voice. But I don’t think that the books that I have written... have really in any way been Southern in character. (Richard Ford Quotes) America beats on you so hard the whole time. You are constantly being pummeled by other people’s rights and their sense of patriotism. (Richard Ford Quotes) I started reading literature at 17 or 18, and I felt this extra beat to life (Richard Ford Quotes) When people realize they are being listened to, they tell you things (Richard Ford Quotes) Writing never came naturally and I still have to force my hand to do it (Richard Ford Quotes) The ways in which things are superficially similar but also distinct is interesting to me (Richard Ford Quotes) Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing (Richard Ford Quotes) Maybe I’m a serial regional writer. First here, then there, across the map (Richard Ford Quotes) Fear and hope are alike underneath (Richard Ford Quotes) I don’t have a very logical and orderly mind (Richard Ford Quotes)

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