Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
accused knew riding serious
I started writing serious books so late because I knew I'd be accused of riding on my father's coattails.
job reader
My only job is to write in such a way that the reader gets a new handle on humanity.
since
Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel.
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I was eighteen when I first read Joseph Heller's stunning work 'Catch-22,' and was at that time close to being drafted for the fruitless and unenlightened war in Viet Nam.
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When I was fifteen, my father gave me a first edition copy of Ray Bradbury's magnificent work, 'The Martian Chronicles.' I had read other science fiction by noted authors, but this book was something else altogether.
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When it comes to the form the narrative will take, whether first person, third person, or Aunt Grace's cat, I usually find that the story tells me which voice it prefers, and that often changes as I go along. And in the end it really doesn't matter as long as the author can rig those voices all in harness to pull the same load.
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The future regulatory arrangements for the newspaper industry need to be done in a much calmer deliberative way, in slower time when we've got beyond this media firestorm.
generally
If you over-react to a crisis legislatively it generally ends in disaster.
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The web of influence which News Corporation spun in Britain, which effectively bent politicians, police and many others in public life to its will, amounted to a shadow state.
glenn
I've got to be careful what I say but Glenn Mulcaire was a blagger and a phone hacker.
government running
The last thing we want is politicians running newspapers, but so too we don't want newspapers running the government.
brilliant links love nature
The serendipitous nature of hypertext links is just brilliant for a curious mind. I love it.
I've been a minister and I know how cautious you have to be.
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It's the job of a special advisor to be the eyes and ears of a minister and it's the job of a corporate lobbyist to represent the best interests of their organization.