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
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.
great influence influenced
I write non-fiction, and he didn't influence me. He was one of the great writers, but I don't know that he influenced a generation.
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Nonfiction takes no liberty with the facts. The trouble with book publishers is that they don't have the staff or they don't want to have the staff to ensure the veracity of a writer. ... My wife is going to hate me for this, but that is what I believe.
american-author
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take the chance of trying something that is close to your heart, you think is what you want to write, and if they do not publish it, put it in your drawer.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.
girl people different
People go to restaurants for so many different reasons. To court a girl, to make some deal. Maybe to talk to some lawyer about how to get an alimony settlement better than they got last week.
thinking stories come-up
I could come up with 50 stories that I am thinking about
people wonderful restaurants
Restaurants are a wonderful escape for me. And are for a lot of people
new-york writing character
I am writing about people who are alive in the city of New York during mid-20th-century America. And these people are like a character in a play or they are figures in a short story or a novel
writing thinking turns
I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work
girl baseball brother
Wall Street bankers supposedly back the Yankees; Smith College girls approve of them. God, Brooks Brothers, and United States Steel are believed to be solidly in the Yankees' corner... The efficiently triumphant Yankee maching is a great institution, but, as they say, who can fall in love with U.S. Steel?
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