Quotes by Richard Ford

Fear and hope are alike underneath.

It's interesting to leave a place, interesting even to think about it. Leaving reminds us of what we can part with and what we can't, then offers us something new to look forward to, to dream about.

Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known.

My assumption as a person who writes about moral issues is that women and men are alike. And in terms of their consequential acts, they have to be responsible for what they do in pretty much the same way, and the differences that are perhaps inspired by gender are subterior to what is more important to me - how men and women treat other people, how they act in ways that bring about consequences in others' lives.

There's a lot to be said for doing what you're not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what you're supposed to do are more subtle and take longer to become apparent, which maybe makes it less attractive. But your life is the blueprint you make after the building is built.

Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married.

If I could have married my wife and been a sports writer for the past 30 years, I wouldn't be sitting here - but I don't think I'd be sitting someplace where I was sorry to be sitting.

Happiness for me is getting to write about the most important things I know.

America beats on you so hard the whole time. You are constantly being pummeled by other people's rights and their sense of patriotism.