Cynicism makes you feel smart, I know it, even when you aren't smart. Richard Ford More Quotes by Richard Ford More Quotes From Richard Ford I'm intrigued by how ordinary behavior exists so close beside its opposite. Richard Ford behavior opposites ordinary If you lose all hope, you can always find it again. Richard Ford loses ifs Our ex-wifes always harbour secrets about us that make them irresistable. Until, of course, we remember who we are and what we did and why we are not married anymore. Richard Ford who-we-are secret remember Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing. Richard Ford reading writing If loneliness is the disease, the story is the cure. Richard Ford disease loneliness stories Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known. Richard Ford married marriage facts What was our life like? I almost don't remember now. Though I remember it, the space of time it occupied. And I remember it fondly. Richard Ford our-lives space remember Writing never came naturally and I still have to force my hand to do it. Richard Ford force writing hands Paul Ryan's just a really, deeply evil little creature. But he's not little; he's actually quite tall, I'm sorry to see. I'm always sorry when really bad guys are tall. Richard Ford guy evil sorry Theres a lot to be said for doing what youre not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what youre supposed to do are more subtle and take longer to become apparent, which maybe makes it less attractive. But your life is the blueprint you make after the building is built. Richard Ford rewards building life-is There are more people in America that love guns and want guns for themselves and everyone else than there are not. It is also true that liberals who don't want guns are puny by and large. They're not risking anything, all they're doing is saying they don't like something. Liberals are quick to say this should happen and this should not happen, but they don't do anything about it much. Richard Ford gun people I think that's the thing that memoir can do more than anything it does; it testifies and bears witness to the existence of people whose lives, pleasures and virtues would never have been testified to without my having done it. That makes me really glad. Richard Ford done people thinking Paul Ryan, he is the real evil genius of the Republican party. He with his little hateful widow's peak and his smirky, snarly, simpering non-entity self, that's who I detest. Trump's just a moron, but Ryan is ugly and evil. Richard Ford party real evil I didn't read a serious book until I was 19. Richard Ford serious book It is right that you have to have a tolerance for solitude. But when that solitude bears fruit, you can abandon it. You can be in the company of others. Richard Ford abandon tolerance solitude Things you did. Things you never did. Things you dreamed. After a long time they run together. Richard Ford running life long Someone wanted me to write a profile for ESPN about the commissioner of baseball, and I said, "He's just some suit! Some Republican. No!" I mean if you want me to write about baseball, boxing or football, I'll write about those things because I watch them, I think about them a lot and I like them. But I don't want to write about Barry Bonds. Richard Ford baseball writing football The thing about being a writer is that you never have to ask, 'Am I doing something that's worthwhile?' Because even if you fail at it, you know that it's worth doing. Richard Ford worthwhile failing knows When you are sixteen you do not know what your parents know, or much of what they understand, and less of what's in their hearts. This can save you from becoming an adult too early, save your life from becoming only theirs lived over again--which is a loss. But to shield yourself--as I didn't do--seems to be an even greater error, since what's lost is the truth of your parents' life and what you should think about it, and beyond that, how you should estimate the world you are about to live in. Richard Ford loss heart thinking The National Rifle Association is a domestic terrorist organization that tacitly supports the killing of children more than it supports reasoned gun legislation. Richard Ford support gun children
