--- title: "4 James Thompson Quotes" description: "James Thompson has 4 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/james-thompson-60183_book_i-am-a-bestselling-author-rather-than-i_606752.jpg" --- # James Thompson **4** quotes in **18** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by James Thompson > [“I am a bestselling author”, rather than “I will write a book next year.” Second,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thompson/i-am-a-bestselling-author-rather-than-i-will-write-a-book-next-year/) [James Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thompson/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/james-thompson-60183_book_i-am-a-bestselling-author-rather-than-i_606752.jpg) > [“Years ago, when I was working on my master's thesis, I went to New York for a semester as an exchange student.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thompson/years-ago-when-i-was-working-on-my-master-s-thesis-i-went-to-new-york/) [James Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thompson/) [Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/james-thompson-60183_astronomy_years-ago-when-i-was-working-on-my-maste_1200898.jpg) > [“We had fed the heart on fantasies. / The heart’s grown brutal from the fare.” From “Meditations in Time of Civil War,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thompson/we-had-fed-the-heart-on-fantasies-the-heart-s-grown-brutal-from-the-2/) [James Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thompson/) [Civil war](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civil-war/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20d/james-thompson-60183_civil-war_we-had-fed-the-heart-on-fantasies-the-he_2247254.jpg) > [“A city of Dreadful Nights: "The world rolls round forever like a mill, it grinds out life and death and good and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thompson/a-city-of-dreadful-nights-the-world-rolls-round-forever-like-a-mill/) [James Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thompson/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47b/james-thompson-60183_death_a-city-of-dreadful-nights-the-world-roll_2747340.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thompson/#itemlist", "name": "James Thompson Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I am a bestselling author”, rather than “I will write a book next year.” Second,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Thompson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thompson/i-am-a-bestselling-author-rather-than-i-will-write-a-book-next-year/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/james-thompson-60183_book_i-am-a-bestselling-author-rather-than-i_606752.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/james-thompson-60183_book_i-am-a-bestselling-author-rather-than-i_606752.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/james-thompson-60183_book_i-am-a-bestselling-author-rather-than-i_606752.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am a bestselling author”, rather than “I will write a book next year.” Second,” — James Thompson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Years ago, when I was working on my master's thesis, I went to New York for a semester as an exchange student. 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