Richard Ford Quotes

That said, being dyslexic, I wasn't a great reader when I was kid.

Richard Ford

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 16, 1944

Topics

GreatSaidKidBeingDyslexic

Basically, I'm motivated to write about sociopolitical issues as well as relationships. I think those themes have stayed with me throughout my life.

Jimmy Cliff

LifeMeThinkMy LifeRelationships

Make a list of all the people in your life, and rate them in terms of energy in, energy out. Is there anyone in your life right now who is blocking your love quest?

Joanna Coles

LifeLovePeopleEnergyNowRight

I've always thought of science fiction as being, at some level, a 19th-century business.

Robert Reed

BusinessScienceThoughtAlwaysSome

It is a curious fact that the word 'essayist' showed up in English before it existed in French.

John Jeremiah Sullivan

CuriousUpEnglishFactWordBefore

The interesting thing about humor is that in humor, you - in logic, something is A or not A. In humor, it's both A and not A.

Robert Mankoff

HumorInterestingLogicYouBoth

I love writing music.

Mary Steenburgen

LoveMusicWritingI Love

First of all, to defend my work, I had to believe that I am doing a totally silly, stupid, innocent comedy.

Milos Forman

WorkI AmStupidBelieveComedy

In 2008, when Lehman Brothers collapsed, we anticipated that Europe was going to have a very different bailout scheme than the U.S. because of their different political systems and different relationships between the central banks and the fiscal authorities.

Lou Jiwei

PoliticalRelationshipsEuropeGoing

The world is a bad place. There are many wonderful people, but on the whole, humanity basically stinks.

Dennis Prager

PeopleWorldHumanityBadPlace

I want longevity in this career.

Corey Hawkins

CareerWantLongevity

I feel so guilty about the state of young people today. And I say that because our generation fought for everything. We fought to sit down at a counter, to sit on a bus. They were left with nothing to fight for.

Cicely Tyson

TodayFightPeopleGenerationFeel

I want people to have the right to bear arms.

Richard Shelby

PeopleWantBearRightArms

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