Richard Rodriguez
Richard Rodriguez
Richard Rodriguezis an American writer who became famous as the author of Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez, a narrative about his intellectual development...
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth31 July 1944
expecting growing potential
They are expecting big things from this store. It's a growing area. The potential is astronomical.
bats came complete defense played ruby sure tough
Our defense is our trademark, but we just didn't have it today. But you can't take anything away from Hanks. It sure was (their day). Ruby Garza pitched well and their bats came alive. They're a tough team, and they played a complete game.
felt good shot
It felt good when I shot it. I thought it was going in, but it was short.
area living work
If we find housing, we'll be stable. We know the area that we're living in. We'll be able to find work in the vicinities.
looked scars
She had scars all over her legs. She looked about 30 (years old).
elbow seen
It was completely packed, elbow to elbow. It was nothing like we've ever seen before.
beat good
I thought we could beat them, but he is a pretty good player.
absolutely became facts perfect recipe time
All of these facts became the perfect recipe at that time for someone to get away with an act that we absolutely don't condone,
real revolution trouble
When a society doesn't know what to do with its young, it's in real trouble. When the young don't know what to do with society - at the very least, revolutions start there.
people causes social
Learning can cause social fracture. Your people start expressing themselves.
moving law way
Henry Ford didn't just create a cheap way of getting away from your in-laws; he basically understood that there was something in us as a culture that wanted to be on the move, that wanted to get out.
struggle class decision
My decision was sparked by affirmative action. There was a point in my life when affirmative action would have meant something to me - when my family was working-class, and we were struggling.
real thinking ideas
I don't think writers should be convenient examples. I don't think we should make people feel settled. I don't try to be a gadfly, but I do think that real ideas are troublesome. There should be something about my work that leaves the reader unsettled. I intend that.
rocks virginia hands
The notion of the writer as a kind of sociological sample of a community is ludicrous. Even worse is the notion that writers should provide an example of how to live. Virginia Woolf ended her life by putting a rock in her sweater one day and walking into a lake. She is not a model of how I want to live my life. On the other hand, the bravery of her syntax, of her sentences, written during her deepest depression, is a kind of example for me. But I do not want to become Virginia Woolf. That is not why I read her.