Quotes of: Thompson Keyword

One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to describe the face of a character.

Lynne Truss

This evidence is overwhelming at this point. You eat more plants, you eat less other stuff, you live longer.

Mark Bittman

Each story we approach in the same way, with curiosity and interest and determination to get behind the image.

Martin Bashir

I had a pension that I was paying into for 27 years... It's now worth less than a Herman Cain endorsement.

Martin Bashir

When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.

Mary Higgins Clark

My eating habits were so bad for many years that I didn't actually know the intricacies of making a salad.

Maureen Dowd

I find having a column a very difficult form of journalism. I'm not a natural like Tom Friedman and Anna Quindlen.

Maureen Dowd

A true teacher does not terrorize ignorant students. A true teacher knows that it is his job to cure ignorance.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Nothing is ever simple. What do you do when you discover you like parts of the role you're trying to escape?

Marilyn French

Before you echo 'Amen' in your home or place of worship, think and remember...a child is listening.

Mary Griffith

When people ask me why is 'Winter's Tale' a fantasy, I point out that it is not a fantasy.

Mark Helprin

We're taking part in a divine comedy and we should realise that the play is always a comedy, in that we're all ultimately ridiculous.

Max Hastings

So the danger of conservative judicial activism has been averted for another year. Stay tuned.

Michael Kinsley

The 'takings' clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.

Michael Kinsley

An ignorant person with a bad character is like an unarmed robber, but a learned person with a blog is a robber fully armed.

Mickey Kaus

Ezra Klein gets under my skin. He seems to spout the party line.

Mickey Kaus

Next to the striking of fire and the discovery of the wheel, the greatest triumph of what we call civilization was the domestication of the human male.

Max Lerner

There has been this - and it's reflected in the broadcasts - this moronic use of statistics. Which has suggested to everyone who is intelligent the use of statistics is moronic.

Michael Lewis

Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book.

Michael Lewis

On Wall Street, the lawyers play the same role as medics in war: They come in after the shooting is over to clean up the mess.

Michael Lewis

No one would argue against the fact that L.A. leads the country in opportunities for being hip and pretentious.

Merrill Markoe