Des Moines is like your typical American city; it's just these concentric circles of malls, built outward from the city. Bill Bryson americanbuildcircle Change image and share on social
I want things to be better all the time. And I tend to get angry about that. Books are an opportunity to vent. Bill Bryson angrybookopportunity Change image and share on social
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 comicdevicefamily Change image and share on social
Nobody gets excited about the future at all, ever. The future is something we find depressing and worrisome. Bill Bryson depressexcitefind Change image and share on social
I'm not funny in person. I mean I'm really not. I'm one of those people who always screw up anecdotes. Bill Bryson anecdotefunnypeople Change image and share on social
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 beatbookcompany Change image and share on social
For a long time, I'd been vaguely fascinated by the idea that Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic and Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in the same summer. Bill Bryson atlanticbabecharle Change image and share on social
I don't know whether I'm misanthropic. It seems to me I'm constantly disappointed. I'm very easily disappointed. Disappointed in the things that people do; disappointed in the things that people construct. I want things to be better all the time. Bill Bryson constantlyconstructdisappoint share on social
Where I grew up, in Des Moines, Iowa, there is hardly any downtown economic activity now. Everybody shops in malls - you don't find a sense of community in malls. Bill Bryson activitycommunitydowntown Change image and share on social
