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# Richard Ford

(1944)   Researcher   United States

 **184** quotes in **634** categories

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Richard Ford is a researcher from the United States, best known for *The sportswriter*.

## Quick Facts About Richard Ford

Born February 16, 1944

Nationality United States

Profession Researcher

Notable works The sportswriter

Known for Canada, Wildlife, Rock Springs

## About Richard Ford

Richard Ford is an American novelist and short‑story author best known for a series of novels featuring the character Frank Bascombe.

## Awards & Honors

Lucien Barrière Literary Award honorary doctor of the University of Rennes 2 Q24930544 Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Pulitzer Prize for Fiction PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction PEN/Malamud Award Guggenheim Fellowship

Show 4 more awards Princess of Asturias Literary Prize Prix Femina étranger Q16995068 Siegfried Lenz Prize

##  Quotes by Richard Ford · Page 3

> [Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/reading-is-probably-what-leads-most-writers-to-writing/)

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[Reading](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reading/)

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> [If loneliness is the disease, the story is the cure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/if-loneliness-is-the-disease-the-story-is-the-cure/)

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[Cure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cure/)

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> [“Anyone could be anyone else in most ways. Face the facts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/anyone-could-be-anyone-else-in-most-ways-face-the-facts/)

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[Face](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/face/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06a/richard-ford-2097_face_anyone-could-be-anyone-else-in-most-ways_309601.png)

> [I didn't read a serious book until I was 19.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-didn-t-read-a-serious-book-until-i-was-19/)

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[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

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> [“Conversations with adults other than a person's parents had more of an outcome.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/conversations-with-adults-other-than-a-person-s-parents-had-more-of/)

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[Adults](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adults/)

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> [Cynicism makes you feel smart, I know it, even when you aren't smart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/cynicism-makes-you-feel-smart-i-know-it-even-when-you-aren-t-smart/)

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[Cynicism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cynicism/)

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> [Happiness for me is getting to write about the most important things I know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/happiness-for-me-is-getting-to-write-about-the-most-important-things/)

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[Happiness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a4/richard-ford-2097_happiness_happiness-for-me-is-getting-to-write-abo_2680494.png)

> [I wouldn't be a very good writer if someone hadn't taught me how to read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-wouldn-t-be-a-very-good-writer-if-someone-hadn-t-taught-me-how-to/)

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[Good writer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-writer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0a/richard-ford-2097_good-writer_i-wouldn-t-be-a-very-good-writer-if-some_2403847.png)

> [I went to college to study hospitality. I quickly got out of that and realized that what I liked to do was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-went-to-college-to-study-hospitality-i-quickly-got-out-of-that-and/)

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[College](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/college/)

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> [Someone ... tell us what's important, because we no longer know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/someone-tell-us-what-s-important-because-we-no-longer-know/)

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[Important](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/important/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/richard-ford-2097_important_someone-tell-us-what-s-important-because_2962568.png)

> [My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I've never done. Also, I'm a person whom people talk to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/my-job-is-to-have-empathy-and-curiosity-for-things-that-i-ve-never/)

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[Curiosity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curiosity/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f34/richard-ford-2097_curiosity_my-job-is-to-have-empathy-and-curiosity_609009.png)

> [When people realize they are being listened to, they tell you things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/when-people-realize-they-are-being-listened-to-they-tell-you-things/)

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[Listened](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/listened/)

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> [“My parents...were people running from the past, who didn't look back at much if they could help it, and whose whole life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/my-parents-were-people-running-from-the-past-who-didn-t-look-back-at/)

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[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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> [For a time after my divorce everything began to seem profoundly ironic to me. I found myself thinking of other peoples' worries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/for-a-time-after-my-divorce-everything-began-to-seem-profoundly/)

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[Amusement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amusement/)

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> [Our ex-wifes always harbour secrets about us that make them irresistable. Until, of course, we remember who we are and what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/our-ex-wifes-always-harbour-secrets-about-us-that-make-them/)

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[Exes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exes/)

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> [I'm trying to cause people to be interested in the particulars of their lives because I think that's one thing literature can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-m-trying-to-cause-people-to-be-interested-in-the-particulars-of/)

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[Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/)

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> [“What's friendship's realest measure? I'll tell you. The amount of precious time you'll squander on someone else's calamities and fuck-ups.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/what-s-friendship-s-realest-measure-i-ll-tell-you-the-amount-of/)

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[Friend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friend/)

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> [I had a Tourette's period. And obsessive compulsive disorder. Things would get in my brain that I couldn't get out of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-had-a-tourette-s-period-and-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-things/)

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[Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/)

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> [I decided early on that I wanted to participate in the greater American experience, rather than the parochial one in Mississippi. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-decided-early-on-that-i-wanted-to-participate-in-the-greater/)

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[American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/)

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> [The way in which sports focuses more on the peccadilloes, lives and putative personalities of athletes and less on the finer points…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/the-way-in-which-sports-focuses-more-on-the-peccadilloes-lives-and/)

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[Athlete](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/athlete/)

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> [Marrying the right girl is even more imperative today than it was when I was 23 years old because it's so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/marrying-the-right-girl-is-even-more-imperative-today-than-it-was/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [“Though possibly it–the answer–is simple: it is just low-life, some coldness in us all, some helplessness that causes us to misunderstand life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/though-possibly-it-the-answer-is-simple-it-is-just-low-life-some/)

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[Coldness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coldness/)

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> [“Though when I turn to regard life -- my own or others'-- I now never fail to be struck, amid the onslaught…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/though-when-i-turn-to-regard-life-my-own-or-others-i-now-never-fail/)

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[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ad/richard-ford-2097_life_though-when-i-turn-to-regard-life-my-own_1431141.png)

> [“I don’t, after all, know what’s wrong with him, am not even certain anything is, or that wrong isn’t just a metaphor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-don-t-after-all-know-what-s-wrong-with-him-am-not-even-certain/)

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[Metaphor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metaphor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/richard-ford-2097_metaphor_i-don-t-after-all-know-what-s-wrong-with_2485880.jpg)

> [Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/something-will-be-there-when-the-flood-recedes-we-know-that-it-will/)

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[Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/)

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> [“Fincher was the kind of Southerner who will try to address you through a web of deep and antic southernness, and who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/fincher-was-the-kind-of-southerner-who-will-try-to-address-you/)

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[History](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history/)

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> [Theres a lot to be said for doing what youre not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what youre supposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/theres-a-lot-to-be-said-for-doing-what-youre-not-supposed-to-do-and/)

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[Attractive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attractive/)

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> [“I had written all I was going to write, if the truth had been known, and there is nothing wrong with that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-had-written-all-i-was-going-to-write-if-the-truth-had-been-known/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [I'm intrigued by how ordinary behavior exists so close beside its opposite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-m-intrigued-by-how-ordinary-behavior-exists-so-close-beside-its/)

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[Behavior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behavior/)

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> [Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/writing-is-the-only-thing-i-ve-ever-done-with-persistence-except-for/)

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[Being married](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-married/)

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> [“It was on such a night as this that the unhappy things came about.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/it-was-on-such-a-night-as-this-that-the-unhappy-things-came-about/)

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[Night](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/night/)

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> [“On writing: I don't like doing this, but it feels so good when I stop.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/on-writing-i-don-t-like-doing-this-but-it-feels-so-good-when-i-stop/)

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[Literary fiction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/literary-fiction/)

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> [I have a theory... that someplace at the heart of most compelling stories is something that doesn't make sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-have-a-theory-that-someplace-at-the-heart-of-most-compelling/)

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[Compelling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compelling/)

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> [I know you can dream your way through an otherwise fine life, and never wake up, which is what I almost did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-know-you-can-dream-your-way-through-an-otherwise-fine-life-and/)

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[Dream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dream/)

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> [“First, I'll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then about the murders, which happened later.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/first-i-ll-tell-about-the-robbery-our-parents-committed-then-about/)

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[First-sentence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/first-sentence/)

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> [Find what causes a commotion in your heart. Find a way to write about that](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/find-what-causes-a-commotion-in-your-heart-find-a-way-to-write-about/)

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[Causes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/causes/)

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> [“entering the past is a precarious business, since the past strives but always half-fails to make us who we are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/entering-the-past-is-a-precarious-business-since-the-past-strives-but/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [“Stop searching. Face the earth where you can. Literally speaking, it’s all you have to go on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/stop-searching-face-the-earth-where-you-can-literally-speaking-it-s/)

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[Nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/)

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> [Very early you come to the realization that nothing will ever take you away from yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/very-early-you-come-to-the-realization-that-nothing-will-ever-take/)

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[Early](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/early/)

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> [“All we really want is to get to the point where the past can explain nothing about us and we can get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/all-we-really-want-is-to-get-to-the-point-where-the-past-can-explain/)

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[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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## Richard Ford by topic

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