...In the past, as now, [Hollywood] was a stamping ground for tastelessness, violence, and hyperbole, but once upon a time it turn...ed out a product which sweetened the flavor of life all over the world.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When hot dogs like Mr. D'Amato or the Republican apologist Roger Ailes say that Whitewater is worse than Watergate, it's because t...hey're suffering from a disease. It's called bull-imia, and it's the regurgitation of patent hyperbole.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Taffeta phrases, silken phrases precise, Three-piled hyperbole, spruce affectation,... Figures pedantical--these summer flies Have blown me full of maggot ostentation. I do forswear them.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people's fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they ...can still get very excited by those who do. That's why a little hyperbole never hurts.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »