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“I am not trying to be young again. But I do feel the need to capture that energy in story form before it slips from my mind, to recount those adventures if not relive them.”

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Jon Weisman

Limited information is available about Jon Weisman, born on November 26, 1967, who is an individual with an unknown profession. more

“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.”

People Way My Own Views Talking Impossible Republican Democrat Critics Strive Reports Reporters End Times Spend Time Objectivity

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.”

States United United States Worship Conservative British Circles Venture

Author:Jon Weisman

“If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.”

Ifs Love Life Motivational Love You What You Love Doing What You Love Wasting 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.”

States Party Cutting Broken Taxes Unions Circles Ran Welfare Labour Polls Crushed Despised Welfare State Miners Labour 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."”

Writing Real Character Dark White Race Sea Lucky Conscious Continents Outsiders Portuguese Main Characters

Author:Jon Weisman

“I'm for anything that lets writers stretch, in or out of their series.”

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Author:Laura Lippman

“I like to see writers reach bigger and bigger audiences, and stand-alones have allowed some of them to do just that.”

Audience Bigger

Author:Laura Lippman

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