Being married Quote by Richard Ford Download Open image “Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married.” — Richard Ford ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Being married Done Marriage Married Persistence Writing
Writing is the thing that sustains me and keeps me going. It is a form of self-preservation for me. — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
I write all the time but often abandon things I don't think will go anywhere. It's rare that I'll labor over writing something that… — Robin Pecknold Copy Share Image
To be honest, I've never had an easy relationship with being a writer, though I persist. — Peter Gizzi Copy Share Image
I never thought about writing. I was married young, I was still in college, as we did then, and I had two babies before… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Writing is the most frustrating, but it's something that I've always done. — Larry Wilmore Copy Share Image
Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck. — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
What has stayed true in my life as a writer is my dedication to writing - I try to write every day, no matter… — Denise Duhamel Copy Share Image
I'm always writing, the past 10 years. A lot has changed, in that it's something I do every day. — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
Persistence is worth at least as much as talent. The writing life is not a series of gentle encouragements. It's more like a series… — Gardner Dozois Copy Share Image
I was always a writer, by which I mean I was always scribbling away, doing something with pen and paper. — Simon Van Booy 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
Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
What is it the Bible teaches us? - raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? - to believe that… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The concept of growing up is so hard to quantify. What have you learned and how have you changed and how have you stayed… — Rose Byrne Copy Share Image
A lot of people [are] saying civil union," Faried told KDVR. "I don't like it being called that because I can get married to… — Kenneth Faried Copy Share Image
It's not so hard to be married, I've done it three or four times. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I've been with the same person for a very long time but I'm just non-conventional in that way. I don't think people need to… — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
No, I was never that kind of guy. I believed in true romance; one-night stands are always going to leave you feeling cold and… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
When you put a halo on concepts - gender roles, religion, nationality or pride - or you put a halo on any topic -… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
Tell me, daughter Juliet, How stands your dispositions to be married" It is an honor that I dream not of — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I'm very happy to make specific choices (as an actor), (but) you can't be married to them because you never know when the writers… — Anna Chlumsky Copy Share Image
Valancy herself had never quite relinquished a certain pitiful, shamed, little hope that Romance would come her way yet—never, until this wet, horrible morning,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image