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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
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W. P. Kinsella
Age: 81 †
Born: 1935
Born: May 25
Died: 2016
Died: September 16
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Edmonton
Alberta
William Patrick Kinsella
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I don't have time to read nonfiction.
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Use your imagination. Trust me, your lives are not interesting. Don't write them down.
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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] Played a little softball, but there was nowhere on the field it was safe for me to be.
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I knew how to read box scores and who the baseball heroes were before I had ever seen or even heard much of a game.
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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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I'm a big fan of curling, follow all the major world events. Watch all four Tennis majors.
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Basketball is the worst sport. They need to raise the basket at least two feet.
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