“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
“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
“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
“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.” PeopleWritingStoriesInterestingSituationHappenedAutobiography Author:W. P. Kinsella
