“a heck of a lot of things are bound to go wrong in a world as big as this one. And if… — Jim Thompson Answers Copy Share Image
“The phone rang. Softly, in actuality, yet it seemed loud and ominous, as phones do at night in dark hotel rooms.” — Jim Thompson Dark Copy Share Image
“Practically every fella that breaks the law has a danged good reason, to his own way of thinking, which makes every case… — Jim Thompson Crime Copy Share Image
I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd… — Jim Thompson Death Copy Share Image
“People looking for easy answers to big problems. People that blame the Jews or colored folks for all the bad things that… — Jim Thompson Bad thing Copy Share Image
“I'd forgotten about it, and now I forgot it again. There are things that have to be forgotten if you want to… — Jim Thompson Denial Copy Share Image
“The land, now, well I'll tell you how I feel about that. It's done a good job, as good as it was… — Jim Thompson Good job Copy Share Image
“Usually, during the past fifteen-odd years, I'd hated to see the morning come. That's a psychotic symptom, you know, not wanting to… — Jim Thompson Morning Copy Share Image
“If I had to marry someone, it wouldn't be a bossy little gal with a tongue like barbed-wire and a mind about… — Jim Thompson Barbed wire Copy Share Image
If we all had all we wanted to eat, we'd crap too much. We'd have inflation in the toilet paper industry. — Jim Thompson Ifs Copy Share Image
“He was staring off across the long broad fields, raising his eyes above the red clay soil to the horizon, looking across… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
“He had never before realized the blessedness of silence - the freedom to be silent, rather, if one chose. He had never… — Jim Thompson Freedom Copy Share Image
“There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and IÔÇÖve used every one, but there is only one plot ÔÇô things are… — Jim Thompson Writing Copy Share Image
