“Why don't you fold it five ways and put it where the moon don't shine.”

—  Dick Cavett

In response to Norman Mailer's remark: "Why don't you just read the next question on your card there?" — on The Dick Cavett Show (2 December 1971) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8m9vDRe8fw

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