Latest W. P. Kinsella Quotes from Interviews

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• [I had ] uneventful, though isolated childhood. Good, kind, stable parents.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Childhood, Parent, Kind

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• I've played [Scrabble] tournaments for about 20 years. My daughter, Erin, who lives with me, also travels to tournaments. While I'm not a top division player, I've won a number of tournaments.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Daughter, Player, Years

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• 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.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Cancer, Years, Giving

  Source: robdarnell.com

• The Great Gatsby, the finest novel ever written.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Finest, Novel, Written

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• My main income came from failed movie and TV options.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Income, Tvs

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• Discovered W. Somerset Maugham in about 5th grade. Didn't understand the plots, but loved the descriptions.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Plot, Description, Grades

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• [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.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Real, Greed, Lists

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• In the 70s and 80s, I made a good living. Have managed my funds carefully, will never have to go out and cadge quarters from the tourists.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Tourists, Made, Quarters

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• Found a good voice and took advantage of it. Each of my specialties was like a prospector discovering a vein of gold. I worked each until the vein was exhausted.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Voice, Gold, Veins

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• I think it is worse [in 2015] for a mid-list author such as myself. You either have to sell like Stephen King or go with the small presses where there is no money. I was lucky to have been in the right place and time for many years.

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  Kings, Thinking, Years

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

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

  W. P. Kinsella

  Basketball, Sports, Two

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• 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.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Daughter, Dream, Wings

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• I'm a big fan of curling, follow all the major world events. Watch all four Tennis majors.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Tennis, Events, Fans

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• It is hard to compare the eras, but Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb from the past, Sandy Koufax and Roger Clements from the present.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Past, Roger, Eras

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

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

  W. P. Kinsella

  Color, Tvs, Enjoyable

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• At one time I'd been to every park except Baltimore and Houston, but can't even keep track of who plays where these days.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Play, Track, Houston

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

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

  W. P. Kinsella

  Fun, Bills, Yogi

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• Curt Flood, of course, was in a class by himself, a true hero.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Hero, Class, Flood

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• 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.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Memories, Home, Cat

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• 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.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Moving, Dark, League

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

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

  W. P. Kinsella

  Children, Dad, Games

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• [I] Played a little softball, but there was nowhere on the field it was safe for me to be.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Softball, Safe, Littles

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• After the strike, I lost interest. In reality, neither players nor owners care in the least about the fans. The greed of both factions has destroyed baseball's credibility, at least for the present.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Baseball, Reality, Player

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

• Have never been a minor league fan.

  W. P. Kinsella

  League, Fans, Minors

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.