The New York Times published the guest list on the front page. The masks were a brilliant concept.

- George Plimpton

I remember being awed by it - the uniqueness and nicety of style - and I suspect I was a bit jealous because we were more or less of the same generation.

- George Plimpton

He was interviewed in the early '60s by a young novelist, Pati Hill.

- George Plimpton

It is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the reader, rather than editor, is jury.

- George Plimpton

My favorite monologue in the book is Kate Harrington's story of her relationship with Truman.

- George Plimpton