M. William Phelps Quotes

United States, Writer
February 1, 1967

M. William Phelps is an American crime writer and investigative journalist. Phelps is the author of 31 fact-based nonfiction and four history books, including co-authoring Failures of the Presidents with Thomas J. Craughwell. Phelps has written for the Providence Journal, Hartford Courant and New London Day, and consulted on the first season of the Showtime cable television series Dexter.

Also known as Journalist

We look backward too much and we look forward too much; thus we miss the only eternity of which we can be absolutely sure - the eternal present, for it is always now.

M. William Phelps
- Time
- Present
- Looks
Signs of identity disturbance, being impulse ridden, unstable in love relations, and she can become intensely volatile and angry.

M. William Phelps
- Love
- Relations
- Signs

Ben Espey sat at his desk and looked over his notes.

M. William Phelps
- Notes
- Desk
- Ben Espey
Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.

M. William Phelps
- Kids
- Nature
- Girl
A fictional character living in a nonfiction world.

M. William Phelps
It’s not easy to find old-school journalism in true crime … yet with Lethal Intent, author Sue Russell proves how integrity, tenacity, brutal truth and honest reporting become essential components to what is a riveting—if not terrifying—narrative of America’s most hated ‘monster,’ Aileen Carol Wuornos. It’s not easy humanizing serial killers, but through an objective lens, clear and defined, Russell paints a graphic portrait of Wuornos’ evil intentions and rough life—a true page-turner, breathless, intense—but also important.

M. William Phelps
- Important
- Evil
- Integrity
Some would call this “volcanic rage”—a mind state that murderers need to enter in order to commit the crime—although they are well aware of what’s going on around them. Another

M. William Phelps
- Crime
- Another
- Murderers
Lots of women are doing time for love and fear.

M. William Phelps
- Time
- Women
- Love

It was too.

M. William Phelps
- Too
- Was
As the years pass by, we’ll glance at faded photographs recalling memories shared with special friends and family, never wanting it to end. Memories are the only thing left within the end.

M. William Phelps
- Memories
- End
- Left
My life and my mind, I realized, were screwed up enough without me adding to it with drugs.

M. William Phelps
- Life
- Mind
- Without
How did the apartment look? Riggle wondered. Nothing was out of place.

M. William Phelps
The bottom line is that heat kills more people than any other natural disaster, and yet heat waves go unnamed.

M. William Phelps
- Waves
- Disaster
- Heat