I think if you spend much time dwelling on influence you can get self-conscious about every line you write. That's a great way to freeze up.
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.
- Ben Fountain
Late bloomer' is another way of saying 'slow learner. - Ben Fountain
Late bloomer' is another way of saying 'slow learner.
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.
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.
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…
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
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.
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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