Jim Reston: Walking through the crowds of air-kissing politicians, actors and high fliers, it was tough to tell where the politics stopped and the showbiz started. Maybe, in the end, there is no difference.

Jim Reston: And of course when that moment came–no words came to my mouth, and I shook his hand. Because if you’ve spent that long hating a man–in the end–a kind of relationship develops. An...

Ambition interests me because it’s such a surefire indicator of damage.