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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.
W. P. Kinsella
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W. P. Kinsella
Age: 81 †
Born: 1935
Born: May 25
Died: 2016
Died: September 16
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William Patrick Kinsella
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My dad talked a good game. [I'm as a] child got only the World Series on the radio.
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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.
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Curt Flood, of course, was in a class by himself, a true hero.
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My main income came from failed movie and TV options.
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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.
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Until Color TV came along, BW TV was too muddy to be enjoyable.
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Have never been a minor league fan.
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Use your imagination. Trust me, your lives are not interesting. Don't write them down.
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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.
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Basketball is the worst sport. They need to raise the basket at least two feet.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I can still put down some pretty nasty stuff on paper, which is what I enjoy doing.
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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.
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