“I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now.” WayWritingLife IsInterestInvolvedInterest In Politics Author:Jeffrey Archer
“When a book comes out I wonder if one person will buy it. It's agony. Of course it's stupid, but it's agony.” IfsPersonsBookCoursesWonderStupidAgony Author:Jeffrey Archer
“When I was three, I wanted to be four. When I was four, I wanted to be prime minister.” WantedThreeFourMinistersPrimePrime Minister Author:Jeffrey Archer
“Professor Al Drake encouraged me to just write the way I talk. I decided if that's what I needed to do, I didn't need to be in school to do it.” IfsWayNeedsWritingSchoolNeededDecidedAlsProfessors Author:Tom Bodett
“For some people, you know, Garrison Keillor, Rush Limbaugh, really the stars, they've got a passion. They eat, drink and breathe radio, and I'm not like that. I used to think I wanted to be. But I need to be away from it, too, and that's the difference, I think.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsWantedUsedPassionStarsDifferencesDrinkRadioBreathe Author:Tom Bodett
“I'm happy to report you still get nothing you don't need at Motel 6, and, therefore, you don't have to pay for it. I don't need valet parking. If I can drive the old crate 300 miles to the hotel all by myself, I can certainly handle the last nine feet to the parking space.” IfsNeedsStillsI CanLastsSpacePayFeetMilesNineHandleReportsHotelParkingMotelsValetParking Space Author:Tom Bodett
“I'm real. I believe what I'm saying. If Motel 6 wasn't the type of operation they say it is - and I stay at them when I travel - I wouldn't do their commercials. That comes through on the radio, and that's what it's all about.” IfsBelieveRealI BelieveTypeRadioOperationsMotels Author:Tom Bodett
“Kids in Alaska don't know they're growing up on the Last Frontier. It's just what they see on the license plates, and it's something tourists like to say a lot because they've never been around so many mountains and moose before.” KnowsKidsLastsGrowing UpGrowingMountainPlatesLicenseFrontiersTouristsAlaskaMooseLicense Plate Author:Tom Bodett
“People feel vulnerable when they travel. Nobody wants to be taken advantage of or talked into something they don't want. Staying at Motel 6 makes you feel smarter. In fact, I think it actually means you are smarter, but I have no hard data to support that.” PeopleThinkingWantFeelsMeanHardFactsSupportTakenAdvantageVulnerableDataStayingSmarterTaken AdvantageMotels Author:Tom Bodett
“Somebody says, 'Do a Tom Bodett, a folksy kind of thing,' and it sounds like something out of 'Hee Haw,' very insulting. They turn wry humor into disparaging sarcasm, and you get what amounts to insulting advertising.” KindTurnsSoundAmountAdvertisingSarcasmTomsInsultingLike SomethingWryDisparagingHee Haw Author:Tom Bodett