When you're a writer, you have to write these stories, even if you don't get paid — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
A writer has an inescapable voice. I think it's inherent in the nature, and I think that we don't control it anymore… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
I don't think I'll ever stop writing. I write almost every day. I'd write plays even if they were never done again.… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
Early on, I said to myself that I would like to write a kind of moral and spiritual history of a place.… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
I'm a social writer in the sense that I want to record, but not in the sense of trying to change people's… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
But I don't really write to honor the past. I write to investigate, to try to figure out what happened and why… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
If I ever teach writing again, I’d say the first lesson is to listen. — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
I have enormous respect for the human being because they're asked to take on a lot. And I don't think there's any easy solution.… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
I often write about nonreligious people, and I try to find situations where their sense of humanity is restored or discovered. I think you… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
I’ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity.… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
My mother, twenty-two, was Harriet Gautier Brooks, named for her paternal grandmother, but always called Hallie. My father, twenty-six, was Albert Horton Foote, named… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
I've lived long enough to know things go in and out of fashion, and things not well received now can be totally reversed years… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
When you're a writer, you have to write these stories, even if you don't get paid — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
A writer has an inescapable voice. I think it's inherent in the nature, and I think that we don't control it anymore than we… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
I believe very deeply in the human spirit, and I have a sense of awe about it. I look around and ask, 'What makes… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
I don't think I'll ever stop writing. I write almost every day. I'd write plays even if they were never done again. You're at… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
Early on, I said to myself that I would like to write a kind of moral and spiritual history of a place. It sounds… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
