George Plimpton

I have never been convinced there's anything inherently wrong in having fun. ↗

— George Plimpton

#fun

He still has the same way of calling to me, as if I'm still new to him, as if he has yet to get over me. ↗

— George Plimpton

#jack-dunphy-on-truman-capote #biography

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

— George Plimpton

#biography #editor #jury #oral #pleasures

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

— George Plimpton

#hill #interviewed #novelist #young

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

— George Plimpton

#concept #front #guest #list #masks

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

— George Plimpton

#favorite #her #kate #monologue #relationship

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. ↗

— George Plimpton

#because #being #bit #generation #i