ANALYSIS: TRUE: “Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them,” from a 2013 article titled, “David Bowie: What I’ve Learned.”

Also true: “With a suit, always wear big British shoes, the ones with large welts. There’s nothing worse than dainty little Italian jobs at the end of the leg line,” although I prefer American-made Alden shoes myself. (Though wearing size 12D, any shoes are going to be Potemkin-sized on my feet.)