Gay Talese
Gay Talese
Gay Taleseis an American author. As a writer for The New York Times and Esquire magazine in the 1960s, Talese helped to define literary journalism. Talese's most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio and Frank Sinatra...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth7 February 1932
CityOcean City, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
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The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved.
american-author chance maybe publish trying
Better that you should take the chance of trying something that is close to your heart, you think is what you want to write, and if they do not publish it, put it in your drawer. But maybe another day will come and you will find a place to put that.
ability promote reason relevant true
He was a true showman. He had not only the talent, but he had the ability to promote that talent. That's one reason why I think he's still relevant after all these years.
insatiable sex
He was a sex junkie with an insatiable habit.
bring condition face flags possibly serious terrorist waving
You're right in the way of some serious hurricanes, and I don't think I'd be waving those flags in God's face if I were you. ... A condition like this will bring about the destruction of your nation. It'll bring about terrorist bombs. It'll bring earthquakes, tornadoes and possibly a meteor.
writing thinking turns
I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work
lines alive tomorrow
The reporter wrote with the hope that he would get a by-line in the Times, a testimony to his being alive on that day and all the tomorrows of microfilm
pain block frustration
He believed that all people existed behind varying layers of armor which, like the archaeological layers of earth itself, reflected the historical events and turbulence of a lifetime. An individual's armor that had been developed to resist pain and rejection might also block a capacity for pleasure and achievement, and feelings too deeply trapped might be released only by acts of self-destruction or harm to others. Reich was convinced that sexual deprivation and frustration motivated much of the world's chaos and warfare.
inspirational real team
The real problem is what to do with problem solvers after the problem is solved.
soccer groups littles
Yes there is a little group of soccer aficionados, but I am not one of them.
book years lasts
Thirteen years I took on this last book.
writing college example
For example, many colleges in their writing programs teach some of my work
men magazines volume
Even after they had stopped modeling for Playboy and had settled down with other men to raise families of their own, Hugh Hefner still considered them his women, and in the bound volumes of his magazine he would always possess them.
country poodles paradise
The Park Avenue of poodles and polished brass; it is cab country, tip-town, glassville, a window-washer's paradise.