It is no loss to mankind when one writer decides to call it a day. When a tree falls in the forest, who cares but the monkeys?
Richard FordMarrying the right girl is even more imperative today than it was when I was 23 years old because it's so much harder to get on as an imaginative writer like me now. You need to have somebody who believes in what you're doing and who never is skeptical about what you're doing. My wife thought it was a great thing for me to be a writer because in practical terms it freed her to do what she wanted to do, which was work.
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 FordThings happen when people are not where they belong, and the world moves forward and back by that principle.
Richard Ford