The Andy Warhol Diaries

"The ultimate self-portrait."

"A remarkable literary achievement." 

"No study of Manhattan society in the strobe-lit 1970s or in the shadow of AIDS will be possible without consideration of THE ANDY WARHOL DIARIES, which provides an unforgettable portrait of what a set of people imagined themselves to be and of what they really were." 

"Warhol on Warhol, as dictated by Warhol...noble in its obsessiveness."

"This extraordinarily revealing diary paints a more penetrating portrait of our time's Glitterati Era than any of Andy's fable canvases."

"Warhol's observations about the stream of people around him are rarely less than brilliant."

"A vivid picture of this enigmatic man...It abounds with celebrity gossip...It provides the definitive answer to the oft-asked question, 'What was Andy Warhol really like?'"

"Cruel, sexy, and sometimes heartbreaking...Like classic literary diarist—Pepys, Byron—Warhol is no neutral observer, but a character in his own right...People may pick up THE ANDY WARHOL DIARIES to see celebrities with (literary) pants down and spoons up there noses...But they'll remember the strange creature who watched it all happen."

"Fascinating...disturbing...decadent...no one emerges unscathed. Warhol managed to crystallize the times in which he lived better than just about anyone." 

"The diaries go far beyond idle gossip. They are a re-creation of a time and a place in America...Endless fascinating...the Warhol diaries will stand for at least a century, if not more." 

"Warhol's diaries will provide laughs, gasps and thrill for those he mentions, for those who want a quick peek through their shades."

"The author sooner or later catches everyone he knows with their pants down...The tone is pure Warhol. At once insightful and distracted...A book that revels in nakedness."

"A remarkable tour of Warhol's unusual frame of mind, the circles of slick celebrities he moved in, the friends he made, the enemies he made, the enemies he had, and the years he could not shake...The material seems so scandalous it's a wonder it made print." 

"Gossip lovers will revel in the roster of names parading through Warhol's life—Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Nicholson, and Mick Jagger only head the list—while others will find clues to Warhol the person in his descriptions and comments...The book does much to shed light on the character of a man who hid from an intrusive public while living in the blinding glare of a perpetual spotlight." 

"Will have many going great, wow, and even golly."

"Great social history...an anecdote a minute."