George Plimpton

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

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

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

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

I feel sorry for generations of Labour voters and supporters who must look and wonder what on earth has gone wrong and what Labour is for.

Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.