We must always remember that the police are recruited from the criminal classes. - Gore Vidal

Everybody likes a bit of gossip to some point, as long as it's gossip with some point to it. That's why I like history. History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true.

To speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun.

DELTON 4: He is morally retarded and, like a child, he regards this world as his plaything.…