A lot of what I'm having to do to get myself weaned from football is really limit what media I allow myself… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
There's an invisible army of woman and men who really don't get why we give so much of ourselves to football. And… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
Just imagine what would happen if Obama grew a pair and in his last year in office just said, "Forget it. Football… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
Even a hundred and fifty years ago, football was popular because it provided a manly spectacle that lots of men needed, after… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
Obama said, basically, "I wouldn't let any son of mine play football, though I do watch." And that struck me as remarkable!… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
Football is Lotto for kids from economically vulnerable neighborhoods. — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
Football is the most successful cult, in terms of members and profits, in human history. Oh wait, there's also religion. — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
Football is the kind of game where you have to really segregate kids from the general population and kind of colonize their… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
Football offers us a sanitized spectacle of combat that has a clear resolution, which we need more and more today given our… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
Part of what depresses me so much about football is that it's so clearly about exploiting people, most of them poor boys… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
At the end of night, before you close your eyes, be content with what you've done and be proud of who you are. — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
The single biggest reason I got my stories taken in various literary magazines - and I want to stress this - is because I… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
I do think, as crazy as it sounds, that sports is an addiction and that it should be accorded some of the same supports… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
“Music has become more pervasive and portable than ever. But it feels less previous in the bargain. I don't want to confuse artistic and… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
“This is what songs do, even dumb pop songs: they remind us that emotions are not an inconvenient and vaguely embarrassing aspect of the… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
A lot of what I'm having to do to get myself weaned from football is really limit what media I allow myself to consume.… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
People in long-term, monogamous relationships are crushed by the expectation that a partner is going to provide everything they are looking for and wondering… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
Much as I love stories, I think I'll only be satisfied with myself as a writer if I'm able to produce a novel that… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
But the real life of a writer resides in showing up at the keyboard every day, with the necessary patience and mercy, and making… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
Why are people so fascinated by how to eat Valomilks?’ She said, ‘Well, Dad, they’re round and they’re messy. But that’s what makes them… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
“The connection being that in my head all language began in song and that the best stories inevitably reutrn to song, to a state… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
