Celebrity Is The Religion Of Our Time.

We Are Riveted By The Soap Operas Of Public Lives. We Admire The Famous Most For What Makes Them Infamous: It Reassures Us That They Are Not Better And No Happier Than All The People With Their Noses Pressed Hard Against The Glass.

I Think Even The Hollywood Money People Are Saying They've Got To Get The Party Back From The Clinton Wing. They Can't, You Know, Keep Nominating These Northeast Liberals. They Have To Look For People Who Can Win.

My Eating Habits Were So Bad For Many Years That I Didn't Actually Know The Intricacies Of Making A Salad.

Journalism, Spooked By Rumors Of Its Own Obsolescence, Has Stopped Believing In Itself. Groans Of Doom Alternate With Panicked Happy Talk.

Celebrity Is The Religion Of Our Time.