Judging by the returns, he is. Woody Allen is Mr. Related-To, and he seems a good bet to hold the franchise for many years. Yet he does have a problem all his own, unshared by, unrelated to, the rest of America. There's a remark from so far out in left field that nobody could see it coming. The surprise it carries is tremendous.
Surprise is one of the most refreshing commodities in nonfiction writing.
William Zinsser, On Writing Well, pp.