--- title: "3 Mark Richard Quotes - Famous Screenwriter (When truth gives out)" description: "Mark Richard is an American short story writer, novelist, screenwriter, and poet. Browse 3 Mark Richard quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-stylixakkshay-64315.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Mark Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-stylixakkshay-64315.jpg) # Mark Richard (1955) Screenwriter United States **3** quotes in **22** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Mark Richard is a screenwriter from the United States, best known for *When truth gives out*. ## Quick Facts About Mark Richard Born January 1, 1955 Nationality United States Profession Screenwriter Notable works When truth gives out ## About Mark Richard Mark Richard is an American short story writer, novelist, screenwriter, and poet. He is the author of two award-winning short story collections, The Ice at the Bottom of the World and Charity, a bestselling novel, Fishboy, and House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer's Journey Home. ## Awards & Honors Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship ## Quotes by Mark Richard > [“Satan demands to sift us like sand through his fingers, and God, knowing everything, allows it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-richard/satan-demands-to-sift-us-like-sand-through-his-fingers-and-god/) [Mark Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-richard/) [Devil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/mark-richard-79227_quote_satan-demands-to-sift-us-like-sand-throu_1940009.jpg) > [A defeated nation is always explaining itself. That's why the best storytellers are always from vanquished nations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-richard/a-defeated-nation-is-always-explaining-itself-that-s-why-the-best/) [Mark Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-richard/) [Defeated](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defeated/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/mark-richard-79227_defeated_a-defeated-nation-is-always-explaining-i_2340809.jpg) > [That's the real excellent scary part, that feeling, and that feeling won't come if the lady from next door is there and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-richard/that-s-the-real-excellent-scary-part-that-feeling-and-that-feeling/) [Mark Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-richard/) [Boardwalks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boardwalks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/mark-richard-79227_boardwalks_that-s-the-real-excellent-scary-part-tha_2603733.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-richard/#itemlist", "name": "Mark Richard Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Satan demands to sift us like sand through his fingers, and God, knowing everything, allows it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Richard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-richard/satan-demands-to-sift-us-like-sand-through-his-fingers-and-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/mark-richard-79227_quote_satan-demands-to-sift-us-like-sand-throu_1940009.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/mark-richard-79227_quote_satan-demands-to-sift-us-like-sand-throu_1940009.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/mark-richard-79227_quote_satan-demands-to-sift-us-like-sand-throu_1940009.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Satan demands to sift us like sand through his fingers, and God, knowing everything, allows it.” — Mark Richard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A defeated nation is always explaining itself. 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