The funny thing is, about the time I let go of any aspiration toward worldly success, that's about the time I started writing decent work.
I'm ashamed and embarrassed to say that I've read very little of David Foster Wallace's work. It's a huge gap in my education, one of many. - Ben Fountain
I'm ashamed and embarrassed to say that I've read very little of David Foster Wallace's work. It's a huge gap in my education, one of many.
- Ben Fountain
Americans are incredibly polite as long as they get what they want. - Ben Fountain
Americans are incredibly polite as long as they get what they want.
Late bloomer' is another way of saying 'slow learner. - Ben Fountain
Late bloomer' is another way of saying 'slow learner.
It took me 10 years to write a story that pleased me - that I could look at after it was published and not cringe. - Ben Fountain
It took me 10 years to write a story that pleased me - that I could look at after it was published and not cringe.
The smartest thing I did in law school: asking my future wife to go out dancing with me. The smartest thing I did when practicing law: quitting. The … - Ben Fountain
The smartest thing I did in law school: asking my future wife to go out dancing with me. The smartest thing I did when practicing law: quitting. The …
It is sort of weird being honored for the worst day of your life. - Ben Fountain
It is sort of weird being honored for the worst day of your life.
The funny thing is, about the time I let go of any aspiration toward worldly success, that's about the time I started writing decent work. - Ben Fountain
There was no such thing as perfection in this world, only moments of such extreme transparency that you forgot yourself, a holy mercy if there ever w… - Ben Fountain
There was no such thing as perfection in this world, only moments of such extreme transparency that you forgot yourself, a holy mercy if there ever w…
A person deprived of beauty and pleasure puts me in mind of the Haitian notion of a zombie - a person disconnected from his or her soul, a person who… - Ben Fountain
A person deprived of beauty and pleasure puts me in mind of the Haitian notion of a zombie - a person disconnected from his or her soul, a person who…
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