Charles Portis
Charles Portis
Charles McColl Portisis an American author best known for his novels Norwoodand the classic Western novel True Grit, both adapted as films. The latter also inspired a film sequel and a made-for-TV movie sequel. A newer film adaptation of True Grit was released in 2010...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 December 1933
CountryUnited States of America
beat covering
I didn't care for beat reporting, covering the same thing day after day - short attention span.
arm kept reporter
A reporter from 'The Times' wanted to arm-wrestle, and as I recall, he kept challenging me. So we went at it, and there was a pop. His arm broke. Very strange. He went into a kind of swoon.