Jim Thompson
Jim Thompson
control parents
Parents often feel that they don't have a lot of control over their coaches.
conference course feels girls golf good match played win
It always feels good to win a conference match away from home. The girls played well on a golf course that we had not played well on before.
approach far hear waiting
We're on a wait-and-see approach as far as I'm concerned. We're just waiting to hear back from them.
behavior definitely guy reaction ten
We're definitely making progress. Just the reaction to that guy is progress. Ten years ago his behavior wouldn't have even been noticed.
caught escaped match tried victory
We escaped with a victory in this match. This was a match where they had the lead, we caught up and went ahead, and then we tried to give away.
weed plant
A weed is a plant out of place.
toilets paper wanted
If we all had what we wanted to eat... We'd have inflation in the toilet paper industry.
forever miles alligators
You've got forever; and somehow you can't do much with it. You've got forever; and it's a mile wide and an inch deep and full of alligators.
nice people trying
I told her the world was full of nice people. I'd have hated to try to prove it to her, but I said it, anyway.
mistake people want
If the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when we’ve got the least excuse for it.
writing plot things-are-not-what-they-seem
There is only one plot-things are not what they seem.
matter answers ifs
It doesn't matter what answers you get if you ask the wrong questions.
cutting men feet
You can't stamp on a man's corns when he's got his feet cut off.
girl running jobs
In lots of books I read, the writer seems to go haywire every time he reaches a high point. He’ll start leaving out punctuation and running his words together and babble about stars flashing and sinking into a deep dreamless sea. And you can’t figure out whether the hero’s laying his girl or a cornerstone. I guess that kind of crap is supposed to be pretty deep stuff—a lot of the book reviewers eat it up, I notice. But the way I see it is, the writer is just too goddam lazy to do his job. And I’m not lazy, whatever else I am. I’ll tell you everything.