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[I had ] uneventful, though isolated childhood. Good, kind, stable parents.
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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Scrabble Player
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Edmonton
Alberta
William Patrick Kinsella
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Basketball is the worst sport. They need to raise the basket at least two feet.
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Perhaps crossing the barriers of time has freed me.
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I don't believe in the afterlife.
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[Mid-list writers are now] less greed on the part of both publishers and chain booksellers. It is easier for them to publish and sell only blockbusters and leave the real work to small presses.
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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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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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My dad talked a good game. [I'm as a] child got only the World Series on the radio.
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After the strike, I lost interest. In reality, neither players nor owners care in the least about the fans. The greed of both factions has destroyed baseball's credibility, at least for the present.
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Curt Flood, of course, was in a class by himself, a true hero.
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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.
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