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. ”

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

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

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

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