Newspaper People, Once Celebrated As Founts Of

Live By Publicity, You'll Probably Die By Publicity.

Though Americans Talk A Good Deal About The Virtue Of Being Serious, They Generally Prefer People Who Are Solemn Over People Who Are Serious. In Politics, The Rare Candidate Who Is Serious, Like Adlai Stevenson, Is Easily Overwhelmed By One Who Is Solemn, Like General Eisenhower. This Is Probably Because It Is Hard For Most People To Recognize Seriousness, Which Is Rare, Especially In Politics, But Comfortable To Endorse Solemnity, Which Is As Commonplace As Jogging.

Letter Writing Was Clearly Important To Reagan. Even As President He Kept Dashing Off Letters To Friends, Pen Pals, Media People, Statesmen, Critics, And The Kind Of People Who Write To Presidents Never Expecting A Reply.

The People Who Say: 'you Are What You Eat' Have Always Seemed Addled To Me. In My Opinion, You Are What You Think, And If You Don't Think, You Can Eat All The Meat In Kansas City And Still Be Nothing But A Vegetable.

The Lobbies Of The New Hotels And The Pan American Building Exhale A Chill As From The Unopened Pharaonic Tombs... And In Their Marble Labyrinths There Is An Evil Presence That Hates Warmth And Sunlight.