Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

James Baldwin (1924–1987) American novelist, playwright, activist

“Fifth Avenue, Uptown,” Esquire (1960-07)
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Reprinted in Nobody Knows My Name (1961). This is sometimes mis-cited to "The Precarious Vogue of Ingmar Bergman," Esquire (1960-04), which is also reprinted there.