“It is the gossip columnist's business to write about what is none of his business.” WritingGossipColumnists Book:A Mania for Magnificence Source: A Mania for Magnificence
“Someone who gossips well has a reputation for being good company or even a wit, never for being a gossip.” WellsCompanyBe GoodWitReputationGossipGood Company Author:Louis Kronenberger
“It is one of the sublime provincialities of New York that its inhabitants lap up trivial gossip about essential nobodies they've never set eyes on, while continuing to boast that they could live somewhere for twenty years without so much as exchanging pleasantries with their neighbors across the hall.” YearsEyeNew YorkEssentialsTwentiesNeighborHallsGossipContinuingSublimeBoastLapExchangingPleasantries Author:Louis Kronenberger