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Brendan Gill
American
Critic
About the author
It is in the nature of the New Yorker to be as topical as possible, on a level that is often small in scale and playful in intention.
Brendan Gill,
American
Critic
#Nature
#Intention
Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
Brendan Gill,
American
Critic
#Life
#Idea
If it were better, it wouldn't be as good.
Brendan Gill,
American
Critic
I will try to cram these paragraphs full of facts and give them a weight and shape no greater than that of a cloud of blue butterflies.
Brendan Gill,
American
Critic
#Will
#Facts
#Weight
#Butterflies
Parody is homage gone sour.
Brendan Gill,
American
Critic