Happiness for me is getting to write about the most important things I know. Richard Ford happinessimportantthing Change image and share on social
I started reading literature at 17 or 18, and I felt this extra beat to life. Richard Ford beatextrafelt Change image and share on social
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 absolutelychildflat 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
Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married. Richard Ford havemarrypersistence 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
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 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 bookcharacterdixie Change image and share on social
If I could have married my wife and been a sports writer for the past 30 years, I wouldn't be sitting here - but I don't think I'd be sitting someplace where I was sorry to be sitting. Richard Ford marrypastsit Change image and share on social
Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing. Richard Ford leadreadwrite Change image and share on social