Author: John Gregory Dunne

Quotes

What is astonishing about the social history of the Vietnam war is not how many people avoided it, but how many could not and did not.

What is astonishing about the social history of the Vietnam war is not how many people avoided it, but how many could not and did not.

- John Gregory Dunne

All life is inherently dangerous. But beyond that, Los Angeles is just a wonderful place to be.

All life is inherently dangerous. But beyond that, Los Angeles is just a wonderful place to be.

- John Gregory Dunne

Life is much more available in New York - there are a dozen movie theaters within walking distance. Living in California is easier, but you get sedentary.

Life is much more available in New York - there are a dozen movie theaters within walking distance. Living in California is easier, but you get sedentary.

- John Gregory Dunne

Only World War II, which mobilized 10 million draftees, could by any stretch of the imagination be called a people's war.

Only World War II, which mobilized 10 million draftees, could by any stretch of the imagination be called a people's war.

- John Gregory Dunne

Class was always the domestic issue during the Vietnam War, not communism.

Class was always the domestic issue during the Vietnam War, not communism.

- John Gregory Dunne

In what purports to be an egalitarian society, the existence of class is the secret about which no one speaks.

In what purports to be an egalitarian society, the existence of class is the secret about which no one speaks.

- John Gregory Dunne

Evading military service has a long history in American life.

Evading military service has a long history in American life.

- John Gregory Dunne

Gavin Lambert was the first person in the movie business my wife and I met when we moved to Los Angeles in 1964.

Gavin Lambert was the first person in the movie business my wife and I met when we moved to Los Angeles in 1964.

- John Gregory Dunne

I love cops; I'm fascinated by the criminal justice system.

I love cops; I'm fascinated by the criminal justice system.

- John Gregory Dunne

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