The Paradox Of Reality Is

The Federal Building's Large Ceremonial Courtroom, Reserved For Show Trials, Is Veneered In Executive Teak. Bench, Counsel Tables, Jury Boxes, Entrances, And Exits -- All Are As Formally Arranged As An Elizabethan Stage. Only The Drama Is Shapeless, At Least To Those Of Us Who Have Never Seen A Trial Before. We See Only Random Movements, Sequences, Comings And Goings, No Form Or Agenda Apparent. To Us The Action Is Less Like Watching A Play Than Watching An Aquarium.

Trying To Squash A Rumor Is Like Trying To Unring A Bell.

Good Drama Should Sandpaper The Mind.

What Troubles Me Is Not That Movie Stars Run For Office, But That They Find It Easy To Get Elected. It Should Be Difficult. It Should Be Difficult For Millionaires, Too.

Natural Villains Are Hard To Come By, What With All The Shrinks And Social-scientist Types Threatening To Understand Everybody Into The Ground.