Happiness for me is getting to write about the most important things I know. – Richard Ford
If I could have married my wife and been a sports writer for the past 30 years, I wouldnt be sitting here – but I dont think Id be sitting someplace where I was sorry to be sitting. – Richard Ford
America beats on you so hard the whole time. You are constantly being pummeled by other peoples rights and their sense of patriotism. – Richard Ford
If the day and night be such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more immortal — that is your success. All nature is your congratulation, and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden