Ocupation: Writer
Life: October 3, 1925 - July 31, 2012
Birthday: October 3
Death: July 31
The last best hope of earth, two trillion dollars in debt, is spinning out of control, and all we can do is stare at a flickering cathode-ray tube as Ollie answers questions on TV while the press, resolutely irrelevant as ever, asks politicians if they have committed adultery. From V-J Day 1945 to this has been, my fellow countrymen, a perfect nightmare.
source: "Ollie (1987)". "At Home: Essays 1982-1988". Book by Gore Vidal., 1988.
topic: Two, Perfect, Lasts, Perfect Night, Spinning Out Of Control