Gay Talese Quote

On the mistaken assumption that relieving the athletic department of its press duties would gain me the gratitude of the coach and get me more playing time, I took the job and even embellished it by using my typing skills to compose my own account of the games rather than merely relaying the information to the newspapers by telephone.


Origins of a Nonfiction Writer (1996)


On the mistaken assumption that relieving the athletic department of its press duties would gain me the gratitude of the coach and get me more...

On the mistaken assumption that relieving the athletic department of its press duties would gain me the gratitude of the coach and get me more...

On the mistaken assumption that relieving the athletic department of its press duties would gain me the gratitude of the coach and get me more...

On the mistaken assumption that relieving the athletic department of its press duties would gain me the gratitude of the coach and get me more...