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33 quotes by Richard Ford

Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944) is an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day and The Lay of the Land, and the short story collection Rock Springs, which contains several widely anthologized stories.
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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... →

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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... →

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Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married.

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Fear and hope are alike underneath.

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Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known.

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

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That said, being dyslexic, I wasn't a great reader when I was kid.

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The art of living your life has a lot to do with getting over loss. The less the past haunts you, the better.

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

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Happiness for me is getting to write about the most important things I know.

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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.

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I have a theory... that someplace at the heart of most compelling stories is something that doesn't make sense.

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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... →

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