I Love You, Darling!

He got off on making people uncomfortable. He gave monosyllabic answers in interviews like yes and gee. Truman Capote, the man whose attention he couldn't get, called him a sphinx with no secret. If someone asked him how he was, he would sometimes lean in and whisper, I'm okay, but I have diarrhea. Come to Essex, darling, you'll be welcoming me to the side. Look at the jazz.