Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
bbc great loved work worked
I once worked with Emma Thompson's mother, Phyllida Law. I worked with her on a BBC drama, and she was hilarious. I loved her so much, and she was great to work with.
cure prevent
There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it.
almost celibacy marriage muddy stormy
Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.
alone candidate faith neither nor particular rational though ultimately
Crisis alone is not enough. There must also be a basis, though it need be neither rational nor ultimately correct, for faith in the particular candidate chosen.
life
Poems seem to have a life of their own. They tell you when enough is enough.
funerals interested mourning people
I'm more interested in the meaning of funerals and the mourning that people do. It's not a retail experience. It's an existential one.
eventually generally jump lazy means oriented task
I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll make the effort.
itself pair shape takes
Usually a poem takes shape accoustically - a line or a pair of lines will repeat itself in my ear.
death hath knights lord love loved man noblest together war
Through this same man and me hath all this war been wrought, and the death of the most noblest knights of the world; for through our love that we have loved together is my most noble lord slain.
belly drank noise unto
This beast went to the well and drank, and the noise was in the beast's belly like unto the questing of thirty couple hounds, but all the while the beast drank there was no noise in the beast's belly.
english-author followed time
King Pellinore that time followed the questing beast.
english-scientist men poor rich unlike
For humble individuals like myself, there is one poor comfort, which is this, viz. that gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple.
people
People are reminded that it's not all ugliness in the world.
asthma both frequently proper religion remember treatment
So I remember both medicine, because I frequently sick, particularly with asthma for which there was no proper treatment then, and in religion I had a strong sense of there being a patriarchy.