"Maturity, as I conceived it, was recognizing what was bad or peculiar in life, admitting it has to stay that way, and going ahead with the best of things."

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Source : Richard Ford (2012). “The Bascombe Novels: The Sportswriter, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land”, p.77, A&C Black

Richard Ford

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“I love to go back and write and direct another film one day, but that's on the backburner for now because I'm involved with so much television at the moment.”

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“So long as there is an Israeli occupation in Palestine and so long as U.S. policy is biased, the so-called terrorism that the United States fears will escalate because the mistakes of U.S. foreign policy are pouring oil on fire.”
“We'd make love. Afterwards he would take photographs of me. (On modeling for Alfred Stieglitz)”
“The best way to get started on the path of sharing your work is to think about what you want to learn, and make a commitment to learning it in front of others.”
“William Carey chides his countrymen for deciding it would be impossible for the Gospel to travel over great distances and to penetrate varied cultures when they are willing to face the same trials for the sake of commerce.”
“Members of Congress are like the voters in one respect -- they want to go with the winners.”
“Jack Kerouac, like a sick refrigerator, worked too hard at keeping cool and died on his mama's lap from alcohol and infantilism.”
“The wind kicks in stronger, branches clatter. Or maybe skeletons. Bones of abandonment. Ghosts that will never be.”

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