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Richard Ford, born on February 16, 1944, is a renowned American novelist. His works are known for their delicate emotional descriptions and profound thematic explorations, with notable titles such as 'Independence Day' and 'The Lay of the Land'.

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“If there's another thing that sportswriting teaches you, it is that there are no transcendent themes in life. In all cases things are here and they're over, and that has to be enough.”

Ifs Enough Teach Cases Theme Transcendent

Author:Richard Ford

“The thing about being a writer is that you never have to ask, 'Am I doing something that's worthwhile?' Because even if you fail at it, you know that it's worth doing.”

Ifs Knows Asks Failing Worthwhile

Author:Richard Ford

“If sportswriting teaches you anything, and there is much truth to it as well as plenty of lies, it is that for your life to be worth anything you must sooner or later face the possibility of terrible, searing regret. Though you must also manage to avoid it or your life will be ruined.”

Ifs Wells Faces Lying Teach Possibility Regret Terrible Manage Plenty Sooner Or Later Ruined

Book:The Sportswriter: Bascombe Trilogy (1)

Source: The Sportswriter: Bascombe Trilogy (1)

“I didn't feel up to writing about 9/11. If I were to write about it, it would take me years.”

Ifs Feels Writing Years Take Me

Author:Richard Ford

“I'm dyslexic. If you can reconcile yourself to not being able to burn through books, which you shouldn't any way, you can slow the whole process down. Then, because of my disability, there is more for me in imaginative literature than there is for other people.”

People Ifs Way Book Whole Able Literature Process Disability Imaginative Reconcile Dyslexic

Author:Richard Ford

“I wouldn't be a very good writer if someone hadn't taught me how to read.”

Ifs Taught Very Good Good Writers

Author:Richard Ford

“If loneliness is the disease, the story is the cure.”

Ifs Stories Loneliness Disease Cures

Author:Richard Ford

“If you lose all hope, you can always find it again.”

Ifs Loses

Book:The Sportswriter

Source: The Sportswriter

“What I know is, you have chance in life--of surviving it--if you tolerate loss well; manage not to be a cynic through it all; to subordinate, as Ruskin implied, to keep proportion, to connect the unequal things into a whole that preserves the good, even if admittedly good is often not simple to find.”

Ifs Knows Wells Whole Chance Loss Simple Manage Preserves Proportion Tolerate Surviving Subordinates Cynic Implied Chances In Life

Book:Canada

Source: Canada

“You're only good if you can do bad and decide not to.”

Ifs Can Do

Book:Canada

Source: Canada

About the Author

Born: February 16, 1944
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 128

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CanadaRelated source material

The SportswriterRelated source material

The Bascombe Novels: The Sportswriter, Independence Day, The Lay of the LandRelated source material

The Lay of the LandRelated source material

A Multitude of SinsRelated source material

Independence DayRelated source material

A Piece of My HeartRelated source material

Let Me Be Frank With YouRelated source material

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The Sportswriter: Bascombe Trilogy (1)Related source material

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