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Bill Bryson
American
Writer
Born:
Dec 8
,
1951
Book
Me
People
Time
World
You
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I grew up in Des Moines. My dad had a house full of books, things like P.G. Wodehouse books and 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte.
Bill Bryson
Heights
Books
Emily
Had
Like
House
Up
Grew
Full
Des Moines
Dad
Things
I've been writing all these books that have been largely autobiographical and yet, really, they don't tell you anything about me. I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or instinct to tell the world anything pertinent about myself or my family.
Bill Bryson
Life
Myself
Family
Me
You
Writing
World
My Life
Books
Tell
Kind
About
Life Story
Observations
Instinct
Device
Comic
Been
Hang
Autobiographical
Just
Anything
Story
Which
Interest
Really
Use
Pertinent
Largely
In any area of human endeavour, there is going to be mediocrity. You're going to find people who get money that they shouldn't get.
Bill Bryson
You
People
Money
Mediocrity
Find
Area
Get
Endeavour
Any
Going
Human
Who
I'm a great believer that you had to do everything you've done to have got to where you are.
Bill Bryson
Great
You
Great Believer
Everything
Had
Got
Done
Where
Believer
I once joked in a book that there are three things you can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company, you can't make a waiter see you until he is ready to see you, and you can't go home again.
Bill Bryson
Life
Home
You
Book
Phone
Three
Once
See
Beat
He
Until
Make
Ready
Go
Go Home
Waiter
Again
Company
Things
I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or instinct to tell the world anything pertinent about myself or my family.
Bill Bryson
Life
Myself
Family
World
My Life
Tell
Kind
About
Life Story
Observations
Instinct
Device
Comic
Hang
Just
Anything
Story
Which
Interest
Use
I can wear a baseball cap; I am entitled to wear a baseball cap. I am genetically pre-disposed to wear a baseball cap, whereas most English people look wrong in a baseball cap.
Bill Bryson
People
Entitled
Wear
Wrong
Genetically
Look
Most
Am
Whereas
Cap
English
English People
Baseball
I don't plan to write another science book, but I don't plan not to. I do enjoy writing histories, and taking subjects that are generally dull and trying to make them interesting.
Bill Bryson
Science
Book
Writing
Enjoy
Write
Generally
Taking
Make
Another
Dull
Subjects
Histories
Trying
Interesting
Them
Plan
I hadn't realized quite how extraordinary Charles Lindbergh's achievement was in flying the Atlantic alone. He had never flown over open water before, but he flew straight to Dingle Bay in Ireland and then on to Paris, exactly as planned.
Bill Bryson
Alone
Achievement
Water
Before
Extraordinary
Flying
Bay
Exactly
Atlantic
Charles
Paris
Never
Open
Had
He
Over
How
Ireland
Quite
Straight
Realized
Then
Planned
Flew
Flown
I come from Des Moines. Someone had to.
Bill Bryson
Someone
Had
Come
Des Moines
The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of two per cent of the world's population.
Bill Bryson
World
Per
Supplying
Economy
Global
Global Economy
Cent
Whole
Population
Based
Two
Boston's freeway system is insane. It was clearly designed by a person who had spent his childhood crashing toy trains.
Bill Bryson
Spent
Insane
System
Boston
Had
Clearly
Freeway
Toy
His
Person
Trains
Childhood
Crashing
Who
Designed
I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight out of the container.
Bill Bryson
You
Thought
Once
Out
All Night
Stay
Eat
Could
Had
Container
Always
Up
Wanted
Grew
Anything
Straight
Night
There are things you just can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company, you can't make a waiter see you until he's ready to see you, and you can't go home again.
Bill Bryson
Life
Home
You
Phone
See
Beat
He
Until
Make
Ready
Go
Go Home
Waiter
Just
Again
Company
Things
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