Jim Bishop

Journalist

1907-11-21

Books by Jim Bishop

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Books, I found, had the power to make timestand still, retreat or fly into the future.
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Books, I found, had the power to make timestand still, retreat or fly into the future.
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A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It is conceived, born, grows up and dies of old age in a day.
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At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly.
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The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story.
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Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18.
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The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face.
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When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets?
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A good writer is not per se a good book critic. No more than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender.
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What makes a good writer of history is a guy who is suspicious. Suspicion marks the real difference between the man who wants to write honest history and the one who'd rather write a good story.
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