“I am an old-fashioned storyteller. I try to make people laugh and cry. A fiction writer's duty is to entertain. If you can sneak in something profound or symbolic, so much the better.” PeopleIfsTryingFictionLaughingCryDutyProfoundStorytellerOld FashionedSymbolicMaking People LaughSneakFiction WritersSneak In Author:W. P. Kinsella
“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.” IfsHomeGamesMemoriesRedCatRadio Author:W. P. Kinsella
“Baseball is the most perfect of games, solid, true, pure and precious as diamonds. If only life were so simple. Within the baselines anything can happen. Tides can reverse; oceans can open. That's why they say, "the game is never over until the last man is out." Colors can change, lives can alter, anything is possible in this gentle, flawless, loving game.” IfsMenHappensLastsGamesSimplePerfectColorPureOceanBaseballGentleLife ChangingDiamondTidesReverseAnything Is PossibleFlawlessAnything Can Happen Author:W. P. Kinsella
“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.” PeopleIfsWritingYearsBornDesignAccidentsSellingFiftyOccupationHogMotels Book:Shoeless Joe Source: Shoeless Joe
“If I have a choice between looking something up and making it up, I'll make it up every time.” IfsChoices Author:W. P. Kinsella
“Baseball is meant to be a contemplative game. They play music to draw young people to the game. If young people can't come to the game without music, then they should stay home.” PeopleIfsShouldPlayHomeYoungGamesDrawsBaseballMeant To BeContemplativeWithout Music Author:W. P. Kinsella
