“I think if you spend much time dwelling on influence you can get self-...” — Ben Fountain Quote

“I think if you spend much time dwelling on influence you can get self-conscious about every line you write. That's a great way to freeze up.”

“The national framework of social insurance - social security, unemployment and disability benefits, work programs, and workers' compensation - protected citizens from the kinds of risks that private markets couldn't or wouldn't insure.”

“If you want to see a bunch of happy Americans, go out to opening day at any baseball stadium in the land.”

“Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength.”

“One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man.”

“There's no point dwelling on the worst things people have said - there's a job to do.”