Paul F. Tompkins Quotes
Someone thought that I dropped out of Harvard. I am a college dropout, but I dropped out of Temple University in Philadelphia.
The thing I have to keep in mind and I try to keep in mind about myself, about anyone, is you do the best you can do at the time.
I like being around people who are good conversationalists, when there's a give and take, and you are heightening an idea, exploring it together, that is my favorite thing in the world.
I think Jaws is one of those movies that, if it is on, I will watch it until it's finished.
How has podcasting changed things? A lot of people ask me if I feel I should be more famous.
I haven't seen comedy as popular as it is now since when I started, in the late 1980s boom. It feels like that again, in that it's everywhere, and it's great to see.
Making movies is nice, man. A movie with some money behind it? Sweet. So many snacks and stuff. Name-brand. And many different kinds of coffee.
My favorite movie is Lawrence Of Arabia. But that's a long, long movie. So although I've seen it several times, it's not as fun as Jaws.
I love a small dinner party - let's say six people, max, were everybody's having the same conversation. That's my favorite thing in the world.
The bike has very few controls. It's very simple to operate and understand and your field of vision is certainly greatly expanded as opposed to being in a car.
I loved the bike because it gave me some measure of independence that I did not have.
