Richard Ford

Richard Ford
Richard Fordis an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land and Let Me Be Frank with You, and the short story collection Rock Springs, which contains several widely anthologized stories...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth16 February 1944
CityJackson, MS
CountryUnited States of America
wells
You can't always go to the well and have things be funny.
people president want
Some people want to be bank presidents. Other people want to rob banks.
giving-up mean giving
Your life doesn't mean what you have or what you get. Its what your'e willing to give up.
writing college hospitality
I went to college to study hospitality. I quickly got out of that and realized that what I liked to do was write.
idiotic wells
Some idiotic things are well worth doing.
dream way wake-up
I know you can dream your way through an otherwise fine life, and never wake up, which is what I almost did.
writing heart way
Find what causes a commotion in your heart. Find a way to write about that