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His brief film career began and ended with a role as one of the witnesses in Warren Beatty's Reds, but George Seldes' other career—that of writer—has shown remarkable longevity. Seldes, who turned 94 this month and considers retirement "the dirtiest ten-letter word alive," is putting final touches on the galleys of his next book, The Great Thoughts, due out in April. Begun in 1960 after he finished his bestseller The Great Quotations, Thoughts is a compilation of highlights from the words and wisdom of the world's greatest thinkers. Tops in this cerebral hall of fame is Sigmund Freud, who gets 20 out of 750 pages, followed closely by Carl Jung and Alfred Adler. Any disgruntled illuminati who feel they were left out may yet turn up in Seldes' next book, tentatively titled Adventures with People: The Noted, the Notorious and the Three S.O.B.s.
—By Guy D. Garcia