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John Gregory Dunne Quotes

American - Novelist | May 25, 1932 - December 30, 2003

What is astonishing about the social history of the Vietnam war is not how many people avoided it, but how many could not and did not.

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History War People Vietnam War How

All life is inherently dangerous. But beyond that, Los Angeles is just a wonderful place to be.

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Life Place Dangerous Los Angeles Los

Writing is manual labor of the mind - like laying pipe.

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Mind Writing Labor Like Pipe Laying

Anecdotes are factoids of questionable provenance, burnished to a high gloss, often set in gilded venues and populated with familiar names as background atmosphere, purged of ambiguity in the interest of keeping the narrative flowing smoothly.

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Names High Narrative Atmosphere Set

You do nonfiction, you get to meet people you would not normally meet.

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People You Meet Nonfiction Get

Writing well about sports is as difficult as writing well about sex.

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Sports Writing Sex Difficult Well

For thirty-five years, David Halberstam, an unsilent member of the Silent Generation, has contemplated America and its place in the world, casting his eye on big subjects - Vietnam, global economics, race, mass media, and the 1950s.

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Economics World Eye Generation Media

Most anyplace one lives is essentially dangerous. There are floods in the Midwest, and tornadoes. There are hurricanes along the Gulf. In New York, you get mugged.

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New York You Dangerous New Get Most

Conspiracy is a small but durable seller, retooled every year or so.

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Small Year Conspiracy Every Seller

There are no legends about the Duponts; the legends are about Howard Hughes.

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Legends About Howard Hughes Hughes

In the spring of 1988, my wife, Joan Didion, and I were approached about writing a screenplay based on a book by Alanna Nash called 'Golden Girl,' a biography of the late network correspondent and anchorwoman Jessica Savitch.

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Girl Wife Spring Writing Book Late

An Episcopalian military institution when it was founded near the turn of the century, Harvard for years had an implicit quota system that effectively limited the number of Jewish admissions.

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Military Jewish Years Turn System

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