"You can't write ... on the strength of……" — Richard Ford

"You can't write ... on the strength of influence. You can only write a good story or a good novel by yourself."

— Richard Ford

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65 Quotes by Richard Ford

Richard Ford has 65 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I realized I loved you, and I didn't want to be married to somebody I didn't love. I wanted to…
At heart, of course, a story itself is consolation's instrument.
Fear and hope are alike underneath.
What was our life like? I almost don't remember now. Though I remember it, the space of time it occupied.…
I'm intrigued by how ordinary behavior exists so close beside its opposite.
It's been my habit of mind, over these years, to understand that every situation in which human beings are involved…
Any rainy summer morning, of course, has the seeds of gloomy alienation sown in. But a rainy summer morning far…
The world is a more engaging and less dramatic place than writers ever give it credit for being
Theres a lot to be said for doing what youre not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what…
When you are sixteen you do not know what your parents know, or much of what they understand, and less…
Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known.
Marry somebody you love and who thinks you being a writer's a good idea.

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