American - Author | February 16, 1944 -
I have a theory... that someplace at the heart of most compelling stories is something that doesn't make sense.
Richard Ford
HeartTheorySomethingSenseMost
I haven't scoured Dixie out of my voice. But I don't think that the books that I have written... have really in any way been Southern in character.
CharacterVoiceThinkWayOutBeen
I'm kind of a distractible guy.
KindGuy
I don't have a very logical and orderly mind.
MindOrderlyLogicalVery
Happiness for me is getting to write about the most important things I know.
HappinessMeKnowImportantWrite
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 guilty.
OpportunityGuiltyEqualI Was Raised
Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing.
WritingReadingMostLeadsWriters
That said, being dyslexic, I wasn't a great reader when I was kid.
GreatSaidKidBeingDyslexic
Maybe I'm a serial regional writer. First here, then there, across the map.
MapFirstHereWriterMaybeThen
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