And I think that in myself (and perhaps evident in what I write) fear of loss and the corresponding instinct to protect… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
When you are sixteen you do not know what your parents know, or much of what they understand, and less of what's… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
It is no loss to mankind when one writer decides to call it a day. When a tree falls in the forest,… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
The art of living your life has a lot to do with getting over loss. The less the past haunts you, the… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
What I know is, you have chance in life--of surviving it--if you tolerate loss well; manage not to be a cynic through… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
I started reading literature at 17 or 18, and I felt this extra beat to life. — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
Writing never came naturally and I still have to force my hand to do it. — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
“Conversations with adults other than a person's parents had more of an outcome.” — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
Some people want to be bank presidents. Other people want to rob banks. — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
In order to write novels for a living - it's not pathological, but I do think and worry and brood and fidget about stuff… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
There are more people in America that love guns and want guns for themselves and everyone else than there are not. It is also… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
I'm an equal opportunity reader - although I don't much read plays. And since I was raised a Presbyterian, pretty much all pleasures are… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
