Joseph Epstein

The decisive moment in the defeat of upper class, capital-S, Society may have come when, in newspapers all over the nation, what used to be call the Society page was replaced by the Style section.

We know the ideal isn't where the action is.

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel it is better to receive than to give.

I write about the men you want to read about but don't necessarily want to be married to.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.