Each living art object, taken out of its native habitat so we can conveniently gaze at it, is like an animal in a zoo. Something about it has died in the removal.

The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his name or trademark.

By reading we discover our world, our history, and ourselves.

The problem for us is less to discover the way it really is than to see the meaning of the way.

Standing, standing, standing - why do I have to stand all the time? That is the main characteristic of social Washington.

Being known primarily for their well-knownness, celebrities intensify their celebrity images simply by becoming widely known for relations among themselves. By a kind of symbiosis, celebrities live off one another.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.