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- Beyond
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The myth of the Kennedys - and the hold - was always the hold of the renegade rich, out there on the frontier beyond accountability.
- Howard Hughes
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There are no legends about the Duponts; the legends are about Howard Hughes.
- Girl
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In the spring of 1988, my wife, Joan Didion, and I were approached about writing a screenplay based on a book by Alanna Nash called 'Golden Girl,' a biography of the late network correspondent and anchorwoman Jessica Savitch.
- Jewish
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An Episcopalian military institution when it was founded near the turn of the century, Harvard for years had an implicit quota system that effectively limited the number of Jewish admissions.
- People
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Only World War II, which mobilized 10 million draftees, could by any stretch of the imagination be called a people's war.
- Background
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Anecdotes are factoids of questionable provenance, burnished to a high gloss, often set in gilded venues and populated with familiar names as background atmosphere, purged of ambiguity in the interest of keeping the narrative flowing smoothly.
- Quit
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There was no pretense to objectivity; 'Time' had a partisan Republican point of view, and if it was one not shared by many of its gentrified Ivy Leaguers, few felt the compulsion to quit.
- Baseball
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Were it not for Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey would be remembered, if at all, as a Bible-thumping midwestern Methodist windbag who neither played baseball on Sundays when he was a mediocre catcher for the St. Louis Browns and the New York Highlanders, nor attended games on the Sabbath as a baseball executive.
- Hope
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No professional athlete likes to admit that he has played too long. There is too much money involved, rarely enough saved, and there is the eternal hope that age has not withered skills.
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Retirement is purgatory for the former sports star. The world outside organized sports is unforgiving.
- Man
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Unlike Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, Jackie Robinson never tried to convert himself into an acceptable black man.
- Nose
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A writer is an eternal outsider, his nose pressed against whatever window on the other side of which he sees his material.
- First
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Gavin Lambert was the first person in the movie business my wife and I met when we moved to Los Angeles in 1964.
- Myself
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I call myself a harp because I like the sound of the word - it is short, sharp, and abusive.
- Being
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Being exposed to the enlisted Army was an eye-opener. I thought everyone was like me, but the enlisted Army is a constituency of the dispossessed.
- Never
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Being a professional screenwriter is perhaps the hardest occupation. Because nothing is ever yours and, by the nature of the medium, you are never ultimately responsible for your work. It can be interesting - if you have another outlet.
- Life
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Life is much more available in New York - there are a dozen movie theaters within walking distance. Living in California is easier, but you get sedentary.
- Journalism
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I got 'The Red White and Blue' out of journalism. It puts you in touch with the world.
- Character
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I've always thought a novelist only has one character, and that is himself or herself. In my case, me.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a great believer in the novelist being 'on the scene,' reporting, traveling, meeting all sorts of people.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a bad mimic, and I can pick up speech cadences that I would not pick up if I didn't hit the road.
- People
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I resist and resent the idea of California as a metaphor. It's something thrust upon us, usually by people in the East.
- Floods
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Most anyplace one lives is essentially dangerous. There are floods in the Midwest, and tornadoes. There are hurricanes along the Gulf. In New York, you get mugged.
- Life
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