The Irregulars (43 page)

“It was Charles…”: RIP.

“Charles got me…”: Ibid.

“something like a cult…”:
NYHT,
December 13, 1953.

“It’s not that I dislike…”: Ibid.

“the stories are brilliant…”: Coward,
Future Indefinite
, p. 231.

“I’d got a gimmick…”: Ogilvy,
The Unpublished David Ogilvy
, p. 174.

“curiously refreshing…”:
Advertising Age
, July 6, 1999.

“In the Bryce world…”: Interview with Dahl, John Pearson Papers, Manuscripts Department, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington.

“There was always…”: YOLO, p. 93.

“Why don’t you…”: Interview with Dahl, John Pearson Papers.

“Of course, I’m just playing…”: Ibid.

“humanitarian instincts”: CMC.

“Right, give him $200”: Haines,
Philanthropist,
p. 35.

“do not give a fuck…”: CMC.

“humanitarian endeavors”: Ibid.

“die broke”:
Newsweek
, January 13, 1947.

“If he chanced…”: RIP.

“looked marvelous”: CMC.

“got it in his head…”: RIP.

“I didn’t like him at all”: Patricia Neal, interview by author.

“I met Charles…”: Neal,
As I Am
, p. 156.

“consistent but dispassionate…”: Ibid., p. 159.

“I got to know them all…”: Neal interview.

“He could be the most…”: Ibid.

“Dahl couldn’t stand…”: Ibid.

“[He] suddenly produced…”: Neal,
As I Am,
p. 166.

“find a rich girl”: Ibid., p. 158.

“cool her ardor”: Ibid., p. 179.

“very well done”: Ibid.

“Charles was a…”: Ibid., p. 181.

“Boy, he told me…”: Neal interview.

“You don’t understand men…”: Neal,
As I Am,
p. 181.

“new eminence…”: Kopper,
Giver
.

“weekend, after weekend…”: Neal interview.

“could not remember…”: Neal,
As I Am,
p. 259.

“the Greek tragedians…”: Ibid., p. 273.

“beastly job”:
Twilight Zone Magazine
, February 1983.

“It was a proper…”: CBC, Dahl, take 3.

“no one can steal…”: ECP.

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