Literature has as one of its principal allures that it tells you something about life that life itself can't tell you. I just thought literature is a thing that human beings do. Richard Ford allurebeinghuman Change image and share on social
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 apparentattractiveblueprint share on social
Happiness for me is getting to write about the most important things I know. Richard Ford happinessimportantthing Change image and share on social
The ways in which things are superficially similar but also distinct is interesting to me. Richard Ford distinctinterestsimilar Change image and share on social
It's interesting to leave a place, interesting even to think about it. Leaving reminds us of what we can part with and what we can't, then offers us something new to look forward to, to dream about. Richard Ford dreamforwardinterest Change image and share on social
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 childexcusefail share on social
That said, being dyslexic, I wasn't a great reader when I was kid. Richard Ford dyslexicgreatkid Change image and share on social
Maybe I'm a serial regional writer. First here, then there, across the map. Richard Ford mapregionalserial Change image and share on social
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 americandecideearly share on social
Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing. Richard Ford leadreadwrite Change image and share on social
