Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even… — Norman Mailer · Skopia

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Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists.

1960

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Mailer, Norman. "She Thought the Russians Was Coming." Esquire, 1 June 1960.

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