Richard Ford

Fear and hope are alike underneath.

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.

I've been mainly a happy boy in my life. I married the right girl and we did what we wanted to do.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

Like all of my colleagues, I believe financial reform is necessary now.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.