“I'm trying to cause people to be interested in the particulars of their lives because I think that's one thing literature can do for us. It can say to us: pay attention. Pay closer attention. Pay stricter attention to what you say to your son.” PeopleThinkingTryingLiteratureCausesCan DoPayAttentionOne ThingSonPay AttentionYour Son Author:Richard Ford
“Most things don't stay the way they are for very long. I take nothing for granted and try to be ready for the change that's soon to come.” WayTryingLongReadyGrantedTake Nothing For Granted Book:Canada Source: Canada
“Being a slow reader would normally be a deficiency; I found a way to make it an asset. I began to sound words and see all those qualities - in a way it made words more precious to me. Since so much of what happens in the world between human beings has to do with the inconsideration of language, with the imprecision of language, with language leaving our mouths unmediated, one thing which was sensuous and visceral led to, in the use of language, a moral gesture. It was about trying to use language to both exemplify and articulate what good is.” WorldTryingLanguageQualityMoralLeaving Author:Richard Ford
“Until you can become accountable to yourself and only yourself, you're probably not going to live a fully vital life. So much of literature is about accountability. The moral issues in most novels are about people becoming responsible for their own behaviour. One of the forces against being responsible for your own behaviour is the force of the past, in the way that the past tries to form you.” PeopleTryingPastLiteratureMoralNovelResponsibleAccountabilityBeing Responsible Author:Richard Ford
“It's been my habit of mind, over these years, to understand that every situation in which human beings are involved can be turned on its head. Everything someone assures me to be true might not be. Every pillar of belief the world rests on may or may not be about to explode. Most things don't stay the way they are very long. Knowing this, however, has not made me cynical. Cynical means believing that good isn't possible; and I know for a fact that good is. I simply take nothing for granted and try to be ready for the change that's soon to come.” KnowsWorldWayTryingYearsMindBelieveHumansMayMeanLongMadeFactsMightBeliefHuman BeingsSituationKnowingReadyHabitInvolvedBeing TrueGrantedCynicalPillarsHabits Of MindTake Nothing For Granted Author:Richard Ford
