"There are thirty-two ways to write a story,……" — Jim Thompson
"There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there is only one plot – things are not as they seem."
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Jim Thompson
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13 Quotes by Jim Thompson
Jim Thompson has 13 quotes on this site.
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A weed is a plant out of place.
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Then he laughed and she laughed. And quivering with the movement of the train, the dead man seemed to laugh…
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There are things that have to be forgotten if you want to go on living.
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I kissed her, a long hard kiss. Because baby didn't know it, but baby was dead, and in a way…
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If we all had what we wanted to eat... We'd have inflation in the toilet paper industry.
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You've got forever; and somehow you can't do much with it. You've got forever; and it's a mile wide and…
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We're living in a funny world kid, a peculiar civilization. The police are playing crooks in it, and the crooks…
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I told her the world was full of nice people. I'd have hated to try to prove it to her,…
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What smells good in the store may stink in the stewpot.
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I looked at her, with her hair spilled out on the pillows and the warmth of her body warming mine.…
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If the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when we’ve…
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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…
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I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation…
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I love accents - I wish I could find an accent for every one of my characters. It makes it…
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Two new workers are being added to the population for every one job that is created.
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Every one of my positions cuts - out half the country. I'm pro-choice, I'm pro-gay rights, I'm pro-immigration, I'm against…
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We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That's life. And it's part of living in such…
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I am sure that every one of my colleagues - Democrat, Republican, and Independent - agrees with that statement. That…
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I think God gave every one of us a cell phone, we just dropped it.
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Every one soon or late comes round by Rome.
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Whether you were talking about Pillsbury, Burger King, Godfather's, the National Restaurant Association, in each one of those situations, I…
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Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.
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There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and…
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