Quotes by : Ben Fountain

Americans are children who must go somewhere else to grow up, and sometimes die.

I think I was lucky to come of age in a place and time - the American South in the 1960s and '70s - when....

Much of life, fatherhood included, is the story of knowledge acquired too late: if only I’d known then....

I practiced law for five years and that gives you insight into a certain mind-set that maybe a lot of....

No it was my choice. It's what I wanted to do. And I knew they'd probably send me to Iraq. It's not like....

He decides he wants both more or less. He’d like to hang with Beyonce in a nice way, get to know her....

Billy tries to imagine the vast systems that support these athletes. They are among the best-cared for....

But I am scared. Everybody's scared.""You know what I mean, like scared scared. Like coward scared, like....

You'd think family would be the one sure thing in life, the gimme? Points you got just for being born?....

[Norm said,] 'To all those who argue this war is a mistake, I'd like to point out that we've removed....