It doesn't matter what answers you get if you ask the wrong questions. — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
There are things that have to be forgotten if you want to go on living. — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
“Anyone who deprived her of something she wanted deserved what he got.” — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
Then he laughed and she laughed. And quivering with the movement of the train, the dead man seemed to laugh too. — Jim Thompson Dead man 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
I found out long ago that the place where the law is apt to be abused the most is right around a… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
“what else is there to do but laugh and joke...how else can you bear up under the unbearable?” — Jim Thompson Comedy Copy Share Image
You've got forever; and somehow you can't do much with it. You've got forever; and it's a mile wide and an inch… — Jim Thompson 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 Food 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
If we all had what we wanted to eat... We'd have inflation in the toilet paper industry. — Jim Thompson Inflation Copy Share Image
“She wasn't much over five feet and a hundred pounds, and she looked a little scrawny around the neck and ankles. But… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
“a heck of a lot of things are bound to go wrong in a world as big as this one. And if… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
“You go into the office and take a book or two from the shelves. You read a few lines, like your life… — Jim Thompson Book 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
“I finished the ale, started to order a third one, and decided against it. I'd had enough. More than enough. Or I… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
“It was like being asleep when you were awake and awake when you were asleep. I'd pinch myself, figuratively speaking - I… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
I'd been chasing females all my life, not paying no mind to the fact that whatever's got tail at one end has… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
“He was his own victim, his own slave. He had made personality a profession, created a career out of selling himself. And… — Jim Thompson Identity Copy Share Image
We're living in a funny world kid, a peculiar civilization. The police are playing crooks in it, and the crooks are doing… — Jim Thompson Argument Copy Share Image
Dad always said that he had enough trouble sorting the fiction out of so-called facts, without reading fiction. He always said that… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
“Yeah, Johnnie,’ I said, ‘it’s a screwed up, bitched up world, and I’m afraid it’s going to stay that way. And I’ll… — Jim Thompson Hard To Explain Copy Share Image
“I yawned and I stretched. I sure was needing some sleep, but I guess I'm always in need of sleep like I'm… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
“Rothman gave me another sharp look, and then he looked down at his desk. 'Lou' he said softly, 'do you know how… — Jim Thompson Life expectancy Copy Share Image
In lots of books I read, the writer seems to go haywire every time he reaches a high point. He’ll start leaving… — Jim Thompson Book Copy Share Image
“You've got no time at all, but it seems like you've got forever. You've got nothing to do, but it seems like… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
“I just learned two things there at that college, Mr. Ford, that was ever of any use to me. One was that… — Jim Thompson Black and white Copy Share Image
When life attains a crisis, man’s focus narrows. […] The world becomes a stage of immediate concern, swept free of illusion. — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
If the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when we’ve got the… — Jim Thompson 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
“if I wasn't a decent woman I'd heist a leg and pee in your ear until it washed out that stinking pile… — Jim Thompson Decent woman Copy Share Image
There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there is only one plot – things are… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
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