W. P. Kinsella
W. P. Kinsella
William Patrick Kinsella, OC, OBCis a Canadian novelist and short story writer, known for his novel Shoeless Joe, which was adapted into the movie Field of Dreams in 1989. His work has often concerned baseball, First Nations people, and other Canadian issues...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 May 1935
CountryCanada
writing interesting people
Most people write a lot of autobiography, but when I came to write autobiography I discovered that nothing interesting had ever happened to me. So I had to take the situation and invent stories to go with it.
writing years people
Other people get into occupations by accident or design; but writers are born. I could work at selling motels, or slopping hogs, for fifty years, but if someone asked my occupation, I'd say writer, even if I'd never sold a word. Writers write. Other people talk.
writing watches fiction
I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
writing imagination interesting
Use your imagination. Trust me, your lives are not interesting. Don't write them down.
writing use lines
Read! Read! Read! And then read some more. When you find something that thrills you, take it apart paragraph by paragraph, line by line, word by word, to see what made it so wonderful. Then use those tricks next time you write.
again liked paragraph thrills
Find something that thrills you, and when you finish reading it for enjoyment, read it again line by line, paragraph by paragraph to see what you liked about it.
tennis world
I'm a big fan of curling, follow all the major world events. Watch all four Tennis majors.
My main income came from failed movie and TV options.
fund
In the 70s and 80s, I made a good living. Have managed my funds carefully, will never have to go out and cadge quarters from the tourists.
basketball sports worst
Basketball is the worst sport. They need to raise the basket at least two feet.
dad children world
My dad talked a good game. [I'm as a] child got only the World Series on the radio.
memories cat home
1946, if my memory is correct. Harry "The Cat" Brecheen went against the Red Sox in Game 7. I stayed home to listen, practically had my head inside the radio.
track
At one time I'd been to every park except Baltimore and Houston, but can't even keep track of who plays where these days.
past compare
It is hard to compare the eras, but Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb from the past, Sandy Koufax and Roger Clements from the present.