George Plimpton? Vance Whitt? James Grady? Margaret Thatcher? Mel Justice? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: The repercussions of activities can be asymmetrical. For example, a chronic thief must be successful in every crime, whereas a pursuing detective must be successful only once to catch the thief and initiate legal consequences. Also, the target of a …
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Quote Origin: If I Knew What the Meanings of My Books Were, I Wouldn’t Have Bothered To Write Them
Margaret Drabble? George Plimpton? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: When novelists are asked to explain the meanings of the stories they create some are happy to comply. However, many are reticent to present a single definitive interpretation to a complex multilayered narrative. The English novelist Margaret Drabble provided a humorously caustic reply. Would you please …
Quote Origin: Death Was a Good Career Move
Speaker: Gore Vidal? Peter Bogdanovich? Sue Mengers? Jason Epstein? Anonymous? Subject: Truman Capote? Elvis Presley? Michael Jackson? Gore Vidal? Question for Quote Investigator: Pop star Michael Jackson died in 2009 when he was only fifty years old. One memorably caustic remark I heard at that time was: His death was a good career move. Apparently, …
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