The whole ecosystem of celebrity has broken down for writers. If you go back to the '50s, '60s, and '70s, writers were on TV a lot, and they were allowed to misbehave a lot. Truman Capote was a pop figure, but it wasn't until he went on David Susskind's show and had that extraordinary voice and manner that everyone could imitate, that he really took off as a figure. Norman Mailer and Vidal, the same thing. The bestselling writers now, there's no great animal energy with them.
Let me tell you something, last night in the debate, during one of the breaks, two of the breaks, Donald Trump went backstage. He asked for a full length mirror. I don`t know why because the podium goes up to here. He wanted a full length mirror. Maybe to make sure his pants weren`t wet. I don`t know.