My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000.

The leprosy of unreality disfigured every human creature in attendance.

I never wanted to see another quiz show.

Because the world is radically new, the ideal encyclopedia should be radical, too.

I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way.

I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts.