"What makes a good writer of history is a guy who is suspicious. Suspicion marks the real difference between the man who wants to write honest history and the one who'd rather write a good story."

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Source : "Talk With Jim Bishop" by Lewis Nichols, www.nytimes.com. February 6, 1955.

Jim Bishop

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“Donald Trump's impulsivity concerns me. He's fanning the flames of xenophobia and Islamophobia and the American people are speaking out against it.”

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“I believe in evolution and I think when it comes to business and the roots of business and the fundamentals of business, I don't think that ever changes. I think the idea of change is an illusion, but in nature it's necessary to change and perhaps business is a part of nature. I'm not totally sure.”
“Laugh, and the world laughs with you: Weep, and you weep alone. For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own...”
“[Princess Margaret] was always trying to radicalize things.”
“If you really think you have something good, you can't take no for an answer. You've got to get in there and ignore the people who say no.”
“Tell me about it. Itâ€™s so hard to deal with a single parent. They take out all their anxiety on you. Itâ€™s like, sheâ€™s so angry all the time. And I didnâ€™t even do anything!â€ â€œThatâ€™s so wrong.â€ â€œYeah.â€ â€œWhereâ€™s your dad?â€ â€œI donâ€™t know. My mom had me when she was still in high school, so . . .â€ â€œYou donâ€™t see him at all?â€ â€œNo, and I donâ€™t want to. I have no interest in maintaining a relationship with someone who didnâ€™t love me enough to stick around.”
“Surely everyone is aware of the divine pleasures which attend a wintry fireside; candles at four o'clock, warm hearthrugs, tea, a fair tea-maker, shutters closed, curtains flowing in ample draperies to the floor, whilst the wind and rain are raging audibly without.”
“Thatâ€™s how a scary story works. It echoes some ancient fear. It re-creates some forgotten terror. Something weâ€™d like to think weâ€™ve grown beyond. But it can still scare us to tears. Itâ€™s something youâ€™d hoped was healed.”

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