Art Buchwald (1925–2007) journalist, humorist, United States Marine
Time magazine (29 September 1986).
“Hunter Thompson wasn't Joseph Conrad, Jimmy Carter wasn't Harry Trueman. But strangely, Richard Nixon was Richard Nixon.
I'm no Pablo Picasso but there's no harm in straining. After all, the charm of any activity is in the trying and so rarely in the finished article.”
— Ralph Steadman, book The Joke's Over
The Filming Of Where The Buffalo Roam, p. 171
The Joke's Over (2006)
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