George Plimpton Quotes

It is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the reader, rather than editor, is jury.

My favorite monologue in the book is Kate Harrington`s story of her relationship with Truman.

He was interviewed in the early `60s by a young novelist, Pati Hill.

I remember being awed by it - the uniqueness and nicety of style - and I suspect I was a bit jealous because we were more or less of the same generation.

That is one of the problems with oral biography, in that many different points of view are offered: contradictions, refutations, and so on.

I think people are aware of how varied and interesting his life was-always at the center of things-as well as aspects of his decline.

The New York Times published the guest list on the front page. The masks were a brilliant concept.