Your life doesn't mean what you have or what you get. Its what your'e willing to give up.
Richard FordAt the exact moment any decision seems to be being made, it's usually long after the real decision was actually made--like light we see emitted from stars.
Richard FordMost 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.
Richard FordI didn't feel up to writing about 9/11. If I were to write about it, it would take me years.
Richard FordI'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.
Richard FordIt'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.
Richard Ford