Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Gay Talese
Born: February 7, 1932 (age 93)
Bio: Gay Talese is an American author. As a writer for The New York Times and Esquire magazine in the 1960s, Talese helped to define literary journalism. Talese's most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio and Frank Sinatra.
Known for:
- The Voyeur's Motel (2016)
- Thy Neighbor's Wife (1981)
- Honor Thy Father (1971)
- Frank Sinatra Has a Cold (2011)
- Unto the Sons (1992)
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