S.R. Ford Quotes

At heart, of course, a story itself is consolation's instrument.

I realized I loved you, and I didn't want to be married to somebody I didn't love. I wanted to be married to you. It isn't all that complicated.

Americans don't have saner gun laws because most Americans, including those citizens who puzzle over better angels, don't want saner gun laws.

Paul Ryan's just a really, deeply evil little creature. But he's not little; he's actually quite tall, I'm sorry to see. I'm always sorry when really bad guys are tall.

To write you had to read so I backed into reading.

I get very involved in the internal logic of sentences.

I grew up in Mississippi being told it was a great place, but not feeling that. When I finally began reading seriously, literature showed me something about where I was from which was worthwhile.

When I write a novel I start each morning by reading for 20 minutes.

I wouldn't be a very good writer if someone hadn't taught me how to read.

I'm not one of those people who as a writer lets my characters tell me what they want to do or call to me or seek me. I go seeking for things, using them as an agent, really.

Once I'm done, I'm done. I'm going to California.

I've never quit anything in my life.

Have I tried it? Probably in one of my drunken stupors...

My heart bleeds for them when someone gets killed. But it’s their own fault at the end of the day.

I am not going to sit here and say I am never going to drink again. That is not realistic.

Stanley Cup winners don’t hand back the Stanley Cup.

I'm try[ing] to catch up on my work and you know I keep my eyes on the road, but I'm a busy man.

That is not a crack house. It is a house with a family with a father and a mother and three sons and a daughter.

Hold on ... Say your son or daughter has just gotten killed in a car accident and you're plastered out of your mind at 3 a.m. Are you going to be able to handle that?

I don’t look at myself as the mayor, I look at myself as just a normal, regular person.

I'm as clean as the days are long.

Eventually, I want to finish my degree.

Camp David is a wonderful place for the family to get away and run around and do goofy things.

My husband is a Democrat, and I am a Republican, so our political ambitions are on opposite ends.

I am criticized for getting jobs because of my name, but I only use it when I have to.

I date guys who are five, 10, 15 years older than I am.

Amy Carter, Chelsea Clinton and the Obama girls all had to change schools.

We all do make foolish mistakes.

Never give up! There's always hope because there's always help

I moved out eventually of the White House and moved into a townhouse with a group of girls while I was in college.

Do you want to be successful? Nurture your talent.

Shot Gun Boogie, I wanted wedding bells. I'll be back little gal, when your pappy runs out of shells.

If you see me coming, better step aside. A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died.

You can keep rummaging around until you find a song you like, but you can't predict whether it'll hit or not.

Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.

We live in a material world. I'm not saying that beautiful things don't enhance our lives. But, in our culture, we're never happy.

Skin bathed in summer sunset light is sultry and sublime. Every woman looks irresistible in its glow-relaxed and sensual.

I was bullied every day at school because I carried a briefcase. I could have left it at home. But I thought it looked great! I didn't understand why anyone else didn't think so.

I like to just have fun and be silly and say pretty much whatever comes into my mind, do pretty much whatever I want.

If you are creative, sometimes you give up a lot of things that other people have.

I don't believe that clothes can start a revolution, but I do believe that fashion is often a manifestation of a sociological or political climate.

I'm a perfectionist, to the point of insanity.

There is no more dramatic accessory than a perfect lip. It is the focus of the face and it has the power to define a woman's whole look.

Your name is a funny thing. It stands for what you're about, and everything I do is really about pride.

A lot of people think a high armhole is restrictive, but it gives you total movement because it's cut right up to your arm.

I think the 1970s will always be the decade for me. Obviously, I grew up in that era, but the beauty standard was touchable, kissable.

It's not a feminizing product; it's designed to make your skin look better.

Students in the '60s were responsible for great changes, politically and socially.

We have to have genius creative thoughts precisely four times a year and on exact dates. I actually write them on my calendar. I write, 'Friday, Nov. 8. Three o'clock. Have a genius creative idea.'

I don't do shows. I don't have reviews. I'm not putting the clothes on every celebrity so that by the time they reach the store the customers are sick of seeing them.