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. — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
Liberals in the US don't have great passions about Margaret Thatcher. Conservatives do. For all the worship that Ronald Reagan elicits in conservative circles in the US, I would venture that Thatcher did far more to reshape British society than… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
There is, in my mind, no higher compliment to pay a non-fiction book than to say it reads like a novel. — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
I was very disciplined when home - lights out for the girls at 9:00, two hours of writing for me. It was murder on… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
It is simply much easier to infuse life, feeling, and higher truth into a novel than a non-fiction work, to find the license to… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
I am not trying to be young again. But I do feel the need to capture that energy in story form before it slips… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
Novelists may be able to seek advice from readers and editors, but in the end, it is up to them to get the book… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
Liberals in the US don't have great passions about Margaret Thatcher. Conservatives do. For all the worship that Ronald Reagan elicits in conservative circles… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
The professions of novelist and journalist are very separate. As a novelist, you are ultimately working for yourself. Yes, you need the approval of… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
History - the non-fiction version - must inform the fiction to make it truthful; too much of it and your genres are colliding. — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
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… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, but usually fiction is just better. — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
Thatcher had broken the miners' union, all but crushed the Labour Party, dramatically cut back the welfare state, even flirted with a poll tax.… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
For all the worship that Ronald Reagan elicits in conservative circles in the United States, I would venture that Thatcher did far more to… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
