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At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, the late Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, the author Joseph Heller, that their host, a hedge fund manager, had made more money in a single day than Heller had earned from his wildly popular novel Catch 22 over its whole history. Heller responds, “Yes, but I have something he will never have . . . E... See more
John Bogle • "Enough"
They are either outsiders mustering at some fortress of expertise hoping to scale the walls, or pioneers improvising in a frontier where no professionals exist.
Jack Hitt • Bunch of Amateurs: A Search for the American Character
“I have to tell you, I was the only person there whose name I didn’t know,” Heilpern says.
Michael Schulman • The Legacy of Interview Magazine and a Trip to 1988
The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him.
Joseph Heller • Catch-22
Throughout the civilized world, from Battery Park to Fulton Street, he was known as a dependable man for a fast tax write-off.