Cary Grant, born Archie Leach, was a poor boy who could barely spell posh. That's acting for you-or maybe Hollywood.
Melvin Maddocks
Discreet as an old teacup.
Melvin Maddocks
Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.
Melvin Maddocks
It is beyond the imagination of the menu-maker that there are people in the world who breakfast on a single egg.
Melvin Maddocks
It is one test of a fully developed writer that he reminds us of no one but himself.
Melvin Maddocks
Journalists do not like to report on uncertainties. They would almost rather be wrong than ambiguous.
Melvin Maddocks
Nothing is more idealistic than a journalist on the defensive.
Melvin Maddocks
Once we thought, journalists and readers alike, that if we put together enough "facts" and gave them a fast stir, we would come up with something that, at least by the standards of short-order cooks, could be called the truth.
Melvin Maddocks
To choose art means to turn one's back on the world, or at least on certain of its distractions.
Melvin Maddocks
Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is too controlled to suit the species.
Melvin Maddocks
Writing is the most demanding of callings, more harrowing than a warrior's, more lonely than a whaling captain's-that, in essence, is the modern writer's message.
Melvin Maddocks
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