George Plimpton quotes

The New York Times published the guest list on the front page. The masks were a brilliant concept. (George Plimpton)
It is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the reader, rather than editor, is jury. View quote
George Plimpton
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. View quote
George Plimpton
My favorite monologue in the book is Kate Harrington's story of her relationship with Truman. View quote
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I have never been convinced there's anything inherently wrong in having fun. View quote
George Plimpton
I never understood people who don't have bookshelves. View quote
George Plimpton
As happens with people who love a thing too much, it destroys them. Oscar Wilde said, 'You destroy the thing that you love.' It's the other way around. What you love destroys you. View quote
George Plimpton
A deep, deep sadness. You know there's a theologian named Michael Novack who's quoted as saying that 'a community is better off losing its opera house, or its museum, or its CHURCH' - here's a theologian speaking - 'than its ball team'. Brooklyn has never been the same since the Dodgers were taken away. View quote
George Plimpton
He was interviewed in the early '60s by a young novelist, Pati Hill. View quote
George Plimpton