W.P. Kinsella Quotes

My dad talked a good game. [I'm as a] child got only the World Series on the radio.

I lost my wife Barbara to cancer few years ago. I would give whatever time I have left to spend one more day with her.

I was lucky to get one good adaptation. Field of Dreams the Musical is lurking in the wings. Hope it will provide my daughters with a ton of money someday.

I became exclusively an American League fan when they instituted the DH rule, and will remain so until the National League moves out of the dark ages.

Yogi Berra, Bill Lee, they were irreverent, poked fun at the stodgy owners and managers.

Until Color TV came along, BW TV was too muddy to be enjoyable.

Basketball is the worst sport. They need to raise the basket at least two feet.

[Mid-list writers are now] less greed on the part of both publishers and chain booksellers. It is easier for them to publish and sell only blockbusters and leave the real work to small presses.

Have never been a minor league fan.

1946, if my memory is correct. Harry "The Cat" Brecheen went against the Red Sox in Game 7. I stayed home to listen, practically had my head inside the radio.

He bats like a lightning rod.

Baseball is meant to be a contemplative game. They play music to draw young people to the game. If young people can't come to the game without music, then they should stay home.

I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.

The crack of the bat, the sound of baseballs thumping into gloves, the infield chatter are like birdsong to the baseball starved.

The law is like rope...useful, necessary, strong, but it can be bent and twisted into all kinds of shapes depending on the occasion.

I knew how to read box scores and who the baseball heroes were before I had ever seen or even heard much of a game.

If I behave as though this is a completely normal situation, then maybe it will be ...

Of all the crap, crap, crappy nights I've ever had in the whole of my crap life. On a scale of one to 10, we're talking...a minus 6. And it's not like I even have very high standards.

They said I was a valued customer, now they send me hate mail.

The thing about lying to your parents is, you have to do it to protect them.It’s for their own good.

Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.[Eddie Scissons]

We're all to driven by materialism. Obsessed with success. With money. With trying to impress people who'll never be impressed.

When I was your age, if a boy behaved badly, one simply scored his name out from one's dance card.(Sadie Lancaster - to Lara Lington)

You can't even communicate in English. Real life is not a series of levels.

She says screens are the cigarettes of our age. They're toxic, and we're only going to realize the damage they're doing when it's too late.

I'm Cinderella. No, I'm better than Cinderella, because she only got the prince, didn't she? I'm Cinderella with fab teeth and a shit-hot job.

When I shop, the world gets better, and the world is better, but then it's not, and I need to do it again.(Confessions of a Shopaholic-the movie)

Some of us have hearts, you know. Some of us don't give up on true love.

It's just, there's something compelling about very beautiful people. Especially strong-jawed men with stubble and intense eyes. You fall under their spell and believe anything they say.

Buy calmly and with meaning.

People move on. Friendship end.

You can Cut Back or you can Make More Money

People change. Life changes. It's the way of the world. Maybe it's meant to be.

The other person always has a point, Listen to each other, and you'll hear it.

Some things are private. I mean, we're grown-ups now. You don't share everything.

It's all a game. And if you don't want to play, maybe you shouldn't come to Hollywood.

Love is all that counts in this crazy, mixed-up world...

Relationships should be built on trust and truth.

I'm not trying to bleed you. I want to renew you.

A relationship is a game of chess.

You don't just get over it. And it doesn't make any difference if you're supposedly a grown-up. It never goes away.

In business, if you want to make money, you have to spend money. If you want to have a result, you have to make an investment.

Serenity is a very elusive quality. I've been trying all my life to find it.

Everyone should keep a dream journal, did you know that?

I wonder if there are soft-spoken voices who deliver assignments to all of us in various times ... It is nice to think I have company-that others dance to the muted music I hear.

She's been used to hiding her feelings for so long, no wonder her manner can be a little awkward.

As I stare at it, I can feel little invisible strings, silently tugging me toward it. I have to touch it. I have to wear it. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

Never tell a man all about yourself, it's bound to lead to trouble.

Other people's eyes are limitless and that's what scares me.