Stefan Fatsis Quotes & Sayings

Plimpton was a presence. He looked for ways in which he could make himself ridiculous. That made him a great storyteller. — Stefan Fatsis

How you coach them is how they're going to play. — Stefan Fatsis

Jason (Elam, a Christian) is the kid in high school who gets along equally well with the jocks, the brains, the geeks, and the slackers, and influences their behavior. — Stefan Fatsis

Almost everything I've done is technically wrong, but Paul never mentioned the mistakes, only the corrective measures. — Stefan Fatsis

Jessica DuLong is a lucky woman. She stumbled into an obscure world - the overheated engine room of an old fireboat - and discovered that she belonged there. Readers are lucky, too, because she has managed to translate her love affair with the water into a finely written and fascinating story about a lost American way of life. — Stefan Fatsis

Shanahan (the head coach) doesn't allow failure to take root. — Stefan Fatsis

(Excerpt from a standup routine by Matt Graham
Last Friday, my roommate sent me out to get some canned fish, because we're having some Catholic survivalists over for dinner. Weirdest thing happened. I'm coming up the steps, I stumble, all the groceries fall down the stairs. Except for a can of salmon, which falls up the stairs. Bizarre experience, but it gave me an idea. Couple nights later I was driving the wrong way down a one-way street. Cop pulled me over. I told him I was spawning. He said, 'Young man, I have reason to believe you're DUI. You know what that is?' I said, 'Do I! — Stefan Fatsis

Psychology of small things rules. — Stefan Fatsis