Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. — Gore Vidal. American writer (1925–2012) Americans, Journalism
Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.
Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players. … I have 10 or so, and that's a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them.