The talk shows are stuffed full of sufferers who have regained their health--congressmen who suffered through a serious … - Calvin Trillin

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I actually can't think of anything worse than being famous. . . Fame really distorts your perception of yourself.

Calvin Trillin

The talk shows are stuffed full of sufferers who have regained their health--congressmen who suffered through a serious spell of boozing and skirt-chasing, White House aides who were stricken cruelly with overweening ambition, movie stars and baseball players who came down with acute cases of wanting to trash hotel rooms while under the influence of recreational drugs. Most of them have found God, or at least a publisher.

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