Graydon Carter
Graydon Carter
Edward Graydon Carteris a Canadian-born American journalist and has served as the editor of Vanity Fair since 1992. He also co-founded, with Kurt Andersen and Tom Phillips, the satirical monthly magazine Spy in 1986...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth14 July 1949
CountryUnited States of America
fall believe names
Branding experts believe that just because they have rethought a company's image or name, the rest of us will automatically fall in line.
honest financial institutions
Financial institutions like to call what they do trading. Let's be honest. It's not trading; it's betting.
opportunity epic tales
History is nothing if not an epic tale of missed opportunities.
editing research guts
I don't do any research. It's all about gut. Editing - it's always about gut.
thinking president environment
I don't think you can be a credible, modern candidate for president without making the environment a major part of your platform.
new-york cities people
I walk down the street and people don't go, 'My God, there he is.' I lead as normal a life as you can lead in New York City.
age headlines quaint
In this age of 24-7 headlines, the term 'newsweekly' seems almost quaint.
hatred distaste
Conservatives define themselves more by their hatred of liberals than anything else, and, conversely, liberals by their distaste for conservatives.
clothes
As you get older and fatter, good clothes can hide a lot.
father sometimes lifetime
As a father of five, I sometimes feel I've spent a lifetime watching Disney musicals.
country wall culture
After the collapse of Wall Street in the 1920s, the culture stopped being all about money, and the country survived and ultimately flourished.
life-is lighting
Life is all about seating and lighting.
party thinking america
I think being Canadian helps you as a journalist in America, because you're sort of on the outside watching this big party going on, and you're sort of taking mental notes as it goes on. I think if you're in the party the whole time, you don't notice it as much. And I think Canadians are very good observers of American culture.
school italian men
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi looks in the mirror and sees a playboy of the old school. And men such as Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Charlie Sheen no doubt look at Berlusconi and think, 'Role model!' Women, of course, know otherwise. They see him as an aging, pathetic buffoon.