List of W. P. Kinsella Quotes

Most People Write A Lot Of Autobiography, But When I Came To Write Autobiography I Discovered That Nothing Interesting Had Ever Happened To Me. So I Had To Take The Situation And Invent Stories To Go With It.

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.

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.

He Bats Like A Lightning Rod.

The Law Is Like Rope...useful, Necessary, Strong, But It Can Be Bent And Twisted Into All Kinds Of Shapes Depending On The Occasion.

It Is The Same Game That Moonlight Graham Played In 1905. It Is A Living Part Of History, Like Calico Dresses, Stone Crockery, And Threshing Crews Eating At Outdoor Tables. It Continually Reminds Us Of What Was, Like An Indian-head Penny In A Handful Of New Coins.

Most Writers Are Unhappy With Film Adaptations Of Their Work, And Rightly So. 'field Of Dreams,' However, Caught The Spirit And Essence Of 'shoeless Joe' While Making The Necessary Changes To Make The Work More Visual.

The Crack Of The Bat, The Sound Of Baseballs Thumping Into Gloves, The Infield Chatter Are Like Birdsong To The Baseball Starved.

Other People Get Into Occupations By Accident Or Design; But Writers Are Born. I Could Work At Selling Motels, Or Slopping Hogs, For Fifty Years, But If Someone Asked My Occupation, I'd Say Writer, Even If I'd Never Sold A Word. Writers Write. Other People Talk.

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.

Have Never Been A Minor League Fan.

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.