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  • Ben Fountain Quote - It took me 10 years to write a story that pleased me – that I could look at after it was published and not cringe. Download This Image
  • Ben Fountain Quote - 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 Quote - 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 Quote - 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 Quote - 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 Quote - It took me 10 years to write a story that pleased me – that I could look at after it was published and not cringe.
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It took me 10 years to write a story that pleased me – that I could look at after it was published and not cringe.

  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Fountain Quote - It’s amazing what happens when you stick yourself in a place and let things take their more or less natural course.

    It’s amazing what happens when you stick yourself in a place and let things take their more or less natural course.

    BEN FOUNTAIN
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    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
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Fountain Quote - If you want to write, then write; if you don’t want to write, then don’t write. I fell into the former category, and I just made the decision that I’d keep on because I liked it and might someday do something decent.

    If you want to write, then write; if you don’t want to write, then don’t write. I fell into the former category, and I just made the decision that I’d keep on because I liked it and might someday do something decent.

    BEN FOUNTAIN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Fountain Quote - Eruptions of talent continue to happen in Haiti, in spite of everything. Download This Image

    Eruptions of talent continue to happen in Haiti, in spite of everything.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Fountain Quote - I thought when I started writing that I’d have a book out in four or five years, and as it became apparent that that wasn’t going to happen, I became increasingly frustrated and unsure of myself. Download This Image

    I thought when I started writing that I’d have a book out in four or five years, and as it became apparent that that wasn’t going to happen, I became increasingly frustrated and unsure of myself.

    BEN FOUNTAIN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Fountain Quote - I realized I was never going to have any peace with myself unless I made an honest stab at trying to write. Download This Image

    I realized I was never going to have any peace with myself unless I made an honest stab at trying to write.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Fountain Quote - If a person wants to be of any use to himself, he better insist on getting his fair share of beauty and pleasure, and if there’s something about the system that’s keeping him from getting his share, then I think he’s well within his rights to fight to change that. Download This Image

    If a person wants to be of any use to himself, he better insist on getting his fair share of beauty and pleasure, and if there’s something about the system that’s keeping him from getting his share, then I think he’s well within his rights to fight to change that.

    BEN FOUNTAIN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Fountain Quote - 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 smartest thing I’ve done in writing: following my own head and writing what I wanted to write, and nothing but.

    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 smartest thing I’ve done in writing: following my own head and writing what I wanted to write, and nothing but.

    BEN FOUNTAIN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Fountain Quote - The Kessler Theater is one such gem, an Art Deco beauty … for a slice of real life, there’s always the Kessler. Download This Image

    The Kessler Theater is one such gem, an Art Deco beauty … for a slice of real life, there’s always the Kessler.

    BEN FOUNTAIN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Fountain Quote - 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. Download This Image

    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
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Fountain Quote - I kept going back while I was writing the novel – which never sold, may it rest in peace – and by the time it was finished I had too many connections to Haiti to walk away.

    I kept going back while I was writing the novel – which never sold, may it rest in peace – and by the time it was finished I had too many connections to Haiti to walk away.

    BEN FOUNTAIN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Fountain Quote - So many interlocking spirals of history, genetics, common cause, and struggle that it should be the most basic of all drives, that you would strive to protect and love one another, yet this bond that should be the big no-brainer was in fact the hardest thing.

    So many interlocking spirals of history, genetics, common cause, and struggle that it should be the most basic of all drives, that you would strive to protect and love one another, yet this bond that should be the big no-brainer was in fact the hardest thing.

    BEN FOUNTAIN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Fountain Quote - 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. Download This Image

    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.

    BEN FOUNTAIN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Fountain Quote - Americans are incredibly polite as long as they get what they want.

    Americans are incredibly polite as long as they get what they want.

    BEN FOUNTAIN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Fountain Quote - Late bloomer’ is another way of saying ‘slow learner.

    Late bloomer’ is another way of saying ‘slow learner.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Fountain Quote - I really had to decide why I was writing. I had no interest in going back to law; I very briefly – for about six hours – considered going to get my MBA, but in the end, I realized that the only work I really wanted to do was write. Download This Image

    I really had to decide why I was writing. I had no interest in going back to law; I very briefly – for about six hours – considered going to get my MBA, but in the end, I realized that the only work I really wanted to do was write.

    BEN FOUNTAIN

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