#out

I just wish we knew a little less about his urethra and a little more about his arms sales to Iran. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#arms #his #i #iran #just

We have to understand how the extremists got the way they are. Without that kind of understanding, we'd never really get to know them. I put in nothing about their childhoods. But what I have put in is stuff about the weird symbiotic relationship between us and them. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#between #childhoods #extremists #get #got

Discover the time of day when you write best, and write then. For me it's about 7 am to noon. For other people it's overnight. Try not to do anything other than write between those times. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#am #anything #best #between #day

I think if somebody is so set in their ways about what they feel about something - and you get this a lot in academia, of course, and also different sorts of journalism too - you're going to sweep under the carpet the facts that don't suit your thesis. And I think that happens quite a lot in the courtroom, for instance. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#academia #also #carpet #course #courtroom

Trying to solve the mystery is what I enjoy most about writing. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#enjoy #i #most #mystery #solve

Without sounding too pretentious, I was sort of a slave to the narrative. When the narrative cracks in, I have to go where it takes me. I had to go to the Bohemian Grove. It was the obvious end to the book. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#book #cracks #end #go #grove

It's a real conflict for me when I go to a concert and find out somebody in the audience is a Republican or fundamental Christian. It can cloud my enjoyment. I'd rather not know. ↗

— Linda Ronstadt

#christian #cloud #concert #conflict #enjoyment

If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#dogs #fun #lot #out #owning

The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#only #other #people #politicians #reporters

Computers may save time but they sure waste a lot of paper. About 98 percent of everything printed out by a computer is garbage that no one ever reads. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#about #computer #ever #everything #garbage