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 beatcompanyhome Change image and share on social
There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age. Bill Bryson agefarmerkill Change image and share on social
A world without newspapers or a world where the newspapers are purely electronic and you read them on a screen is not a very appealing world. Bill Bryson appealelectronicnewspaper Change image and share on social
I still enjoy traveling a lot. I mean, it amazes me that I still get excited in hotel rooms just to see what kind of shampoo they've left me. Bill Bryson amazeenjoyexcite Change image and share on social
All the things that are part of your heritage make you British - that makes this country what it is. It's part of your history. And here, unlike America, it's still living history. Bill Bryson americabritishcountry Change image and share on social
I like to do books in which a lot of the research and the writing and the thinking revolves around something American. Bill Bryson americanbooklot 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'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 autobiographicalbookcomic share on social
An awful lot of England is slowly eroding, in ways that I find really distressing, and an awful lot of it is the hedgerows... We're reaching the point where a lot of the English countryside looks just like Iowa - just kind of open space. Bill Bryson awfulcountrysidedistress share on social
More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to. Bill Bryson englishmillionpeople Change image and share on social