“Novelists may be able to seek advice from readers and editors, but in the end, it is up to them to get the book right.” Quote by Jon Weisman
“I hope I will get to novelize my present circumstances at some point. I have some great stories to tell.” StoriesCircumstances Author:Jon Weisman
“I have prided myself with striving for objectivity, something many literary-minded critics dismiss as impossible. But in Washington, reporters are practically the only people who actually spend time talking to Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, and I find the longer I report in Washington, the mushier and less conclusive my own views are. I like it that way.” PeopleWayMy OwnViewsTalkingImpossibleRepublicanDemocratCriticsStriveReportsReportersEnd TimesSpend TimeObjectivity Author:Jon Weisman
“For all the worship that Ronald Reagan elicits in conservative circles in the United States, I would venture that Thatcher did far more to reshape British society than Reagan did here.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesWorshipConservativeBritishCirclesVenture Author:Jon Weisman
“If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.” IfsLoveLifeMotivationalLove YouWhat You LoveDoing What You LoveWasting Your Time Author:Billy Joel
“Thatcher had broken the miners' union, all but crushed the Labour Party, dramatically cut back the welfare state, even flirted with a poll tax. In the circles I ran in, Reagan was mocked as a childish dolt. Thatcher was despised.” StatesPartyCuttingBrokenTaxesUnionsCirclesRanWelfareLabourPollsCrushedDespisedWelfare StateMinersLabour Party Author:Jon Weisman
“I was very conscious of race as I was writing. I was lucky to have spent real time in Portuguese Africa, but I am white and my main characters are white, outsiders at sea in the "Dark Continent."” WritingRealCharacterDarkWhiteRaceSeaLuckyConsciousContinentsOutsidersPortugueseMain Characters Author:Jon Weisman
“I like to see writers reach bigger and bigger audiences, and stand-alones have allowed some of them to do just that.” AudienceBigger Author:Laura Lippman
“I'm a morning person, which is a hideous thing to be. No one likes morning people, not even other morning people.” PeoplePersonsMorningLikesHideousMorning Person Author:Laura Lippman