What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions.

Quote by Gore Vidal

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That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to...

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

If most men and women were forced to rely upon physical charm to attract lovers,...

If most men and women were forced to rely upon physical charm to attract lovers,...

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a...

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a...

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified...

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified...

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?

The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.

The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of...

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of...

Trust a nitwit society like this one to think that there are only two categories...

Trust a nitwit society like this one to think that there are only two categories...

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more...

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more...

It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller...

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller...

One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we...

One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we...

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless...

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless...

There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.

There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.