The Hero Created Himself; The Celebrity Is

The American Citizen Lives In A World Where Fantasy Is More Real Than Reality, Where The Image Has More Dignity Than Its Original. We Hardly Dare Face Our Bewilderment, Because Our Ambiguous Experience Is So Pleasantly Irridescent, And The Solace Of Belief In Contrived Reality Is So Thoroughly Real. We Have Become Eager Accessories To The Great Hoaxes Of The Age. These Are The Hoaxes We Play On Ourselves.

In The Small Town Each Citizen Had Done Something In His Own Way To Build The Community. The Town Booster Had A Vision Of The Future Which He Tried To Fulfill. The Suburb Dweller By Contrast Started With The Future

The World Of Crime Is A Last Refuge Of The Authentic, Uncorrupted, Spontaneous Event.

A Pseudo-event ... Comes About Because Someone Has Planned It, Planted, Or Incited It. Typically, It Is Not A Train Wreck Or An Earthquake, But An Interview.

God Is The Celebrity Author Of The World's Best Seller. We Have Made God Into The Biggest Celebrity Of All, To Contain Our Own Emptiness.