Apropos of nothing, I asked [Truman] Capote, "Are you for integration?” He said, "Yes, are you for integration?” I said, "I'm for disintegration... personal disintegration.”. (Oscar Levant)

Apropos of nothing, I asked [Truman] Capote, "Are you for integration?” He said, "Yes, are you for integration?” I said, "I'm for disintegration... personal disintegration.”.

Oscar Levant

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