“Des Moines is like your typical American city; it's just these concent...” — Bill Bryson Quote

“Des Moines is like your typical American city; it's just these concentric circles of malls, built outward from the city.”

“In any area of human endeavour, there is going to be mediocrity. You're going to find people who get money that they shouldn't get.”

“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.”

“It's not foreign for me to be talking about my problems in circles.”

“Diphthongs are indicated by combinations of hooks and circles.”

“Sometimes I'll be in circles, and I'll say I'm a jazz singer, and they have no idea what that means.”