f. scott fitzgerald quote was a bridge too far. people took notice of that in "the new york times" piece. i was also fond of the fact i had a peace at the same time a lot of people have a piece on "the new york times" on the same day making the point of all of the different presidential debates took place at universities including hofstra that have ridiculous speech codes and i have some fun pointing out that if he were to apply these to the presidential candidates by the plan language of these codes and i actually made the argument that i really wish they would enforce them against the candidates because the reason they survive is because they are sort of kept in the back door when they needed to be if they really were applied across the board they wouldn't last a day because frankly the way they were so broadly worded that devotee is guilty of violating them. i assume most of you know this but i want to be clear. the law is extremely protective of the free-speech rights of college students. extremely protective. obviously of free

f. scott fitzgerald famously said you quote him in your book you know the. public paraphrasing a badly but the very rich are different from you and me from the rest of us. so he did say that and what's kind of interesting is the difference is not the one that fitzgerald identified in the rest of that quote he goes on to say essentially i'm paraphrasing like you that the rich are different because they're born with money they're born rich and that changes them what's interesting and i think actually central to the self identity of today's super rich is not all of them but quite a lot of them are people like leon kuperman they are the working rich and they are at least to some degree self made now when i say self-made you know i don't want to lean on that too heavily if you wish to become a plutocrat it is wise to choose relatively affluent parents but you know they're self-made in the way of a mitt romney that yes you know ultimately grew up in a family that became extremely affluent but bain capital he didn't inherit he built it himself as the negroes so tha

f. scott fitzgerald. >> yeah. >> reporter: william faulkner. you fit in that bunch?> i don't know if i fit in that bunch. jack london is in there. >> reporter: edgar alan poe. >> yes. i am excited to be in that stream >> reporter: the contest is to find the next generation of great authors. the post is changing its image moving from two digs seen on the left to the more modern look on the right. bledsoe's at work on her new novel and she homes the start of a bigger audience. >> i really love capturing who we are and what our nuttiness is. >> reporter: and that's not necessarily fiction. in berkeley, linda yi, cbs 5. >>> we are tracking tuesday evening rainfall right now. another round of rain moving in. can't seem to get a break. we get these breaks for a day or so and then another round moves in or so. we have one for another couple of evenings. north of the gold en gate, you had a break since about 5:00 but here we go. lake county, sonoma county, mendicino county, marin county, you are about to get poured on once again. it will be a good 30 to 40 minutes soiker. an

f. scott fitzgerald wrote. man that barbara starr did on a recent trip to walter reed army hospital. these guys are heroes but they are hardly tragic. in fact, they are inspiring. take a look. >> pushed forward and opened -- throw my elbow, it unlocks it. throw it back and that's how i maneuver. >> wounded troops in rehab at the holiday time. all christmas miracles. meet travis mills one of the troops i visited with asking them to send holiday wishes to their buddies. >> hi everybody. i'm staff sergeant travis mills of the 82nd airborne division. i want to wish everybody a merry christmas and happy new year to all of the military forces overseas and home and a special shout out to my guys at the first platoon and four squad. the gun show. miss you guys, love you. have a merry christmas. >> eight months ago he stepped on an i.e.d. >> we thought it was clear but it wasn't. it took all four limbs but didn't take my life. i am thankful for that. >> reporter: it can be a struggle just to walk again. >> with the u.s.

. >>> welcome back, f scott fitzgerald said, show me a hero and i will write you a tragedy.ransformed their grief into action to help others. our next hero dealt with death and now brings life into our world to tell us how one woman can truly make a great change in the world, please welcome a proud supporter of the mona foundation, which promotes early education, particularly for girls in underdeveloped countries, rainn wilson. [ applause ] >> anderson cooper, my personal hero. for some people, no matter how blessed their lives have been or how much hardship they have endured, they cannot ignore a problem that surrounds them and breaks their hearts. catalina escobar is this kind of woman. she lives in one part of colombia, the part with nice houses, loving families, food and medicine. but she also saw the other part of the country, the place where teen mothers and their babies live in shacks, with hunger, illness, violence, and where children die too often simply because a young mother could not afford medicine. this daily preventable tragedy was something catalina refused t

f scott fitzgerald said show me a hero and i will write you a tragedy.many faced tragic circumstances and transformed their grief to help others. our next hero dealt with death and brings life into our world. to tell us how woman can make a great change in the world, the foundation promotes early education particularly for girls in underdeveloped countries, rain wilson. [ applause ] >> anderson cooper, my personal hero. they cannot ignore a problem that surrounds them and breaks their hearts. catalina escobar is this kind of woman. she lives in one part of columbia with nice houses, loving family, food and medicine, but also saw the other part of the country. the place where teen mothers and their babies live in shacks. with hunger, illness, violence, and where children die too often simply because a young mother could not afford medicine. this daily preventable tragedy was something she refused to ignore and she started the juan fe leap gomez escobar association. it provides women and babies with a place to be independent and break this crippling cycle

f. scott fitzgerald if i had the chance. >> what are you currently reading for pleasure? >> i don't read for pleasure in the sense that i'm always reading something for the show. so, -- but i haven't started my next book yet. so right now i'm reading "the new york times." >> when can we expect another book from you? >> maybe never. i'm telling you, writing a book, you don't need me to tell you this. writing a book is so difficult that i don't know if i will ever do it again. even though the book wasn't -- it was book of interviews edited for the page, with long introductory essay by me, and i worked with a collaborator, dear friend of mine, and it was so hard. to do a book and a daily show, i don't recommend it. >> terry gross of npr, we appreciate your time this evening. >> thank you so much. >> if you're a rather of the "washington post" you have seen her column. this is anne applebaum. this is her book" iron curtain, 1944 to 1956" also a winner for the pulitzer for gulag. what-underror thoughts about being a finalist? >> surprised. it's not the most popular kind of sub

f. scott fitzgerald classic. it has leo dicaprio. it's the jazz age and age of hip-hop.age and great gatsby. it will be interesting to see if this style really works. >> beautifully shot. a classic sort of -- >> it looks like it will pull you in. we will have to see if to see if all this really works. >> i wouldn't think that would be a blockbuster type of movie with special effects and stuff that draws the really huge numbers, right? >> a movie like that, if it gets really good reviews, given that it has leo dicaprio, kerry mulligan, a star with a lot of critical acclaim. all of that combined. but, again, we have to see it to see if it all works. >> i have seen the trailer for "world war z" it looks pretty good. >> you have brad pitt, in peril, a lot of special effects. again, one of the movies people are looking book and the book ws much acclaimed because it's a book that sort of tells the story of these zombie wars but tells it as an oral history as if it really happened so this movie is going to draw on some of the acclaim of the book and hopefully get a larger mains