I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.
About A. J. Liebling
Abbott Joseph Lieblingwas an American journalist who was closely associated with The New Yorker from 1935 until his death. His New York Times obituary called him “a critic of the daily press, a chronicler of the prize ring, an epicure and a biographer of such diverse personages as Gov.
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If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.
American journalist (1904-1963)
Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.
American journalist (1904-1963)
People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.
American journalist (1904-1963)
An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed.
American journalist (1904-1963)
The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.
American journalist (1904-1963)
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
American journalist (1904-1963)
I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.
American journalist (1904-1963)
I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.
American journalist (1904-1963)
The way to write is well, and how is your own business.
American journalist (1904-1963)