A. J. Liebling
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"Abbott Joseph "A. J." Liebling" was an United States/American journalist who was closely associated with The New Yorker from 1935 until his death.

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Henry Miller may write about revelers self-woven into a human hooked rug, because his ecstasy is solemn.

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.

The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.

I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.

If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.

Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.

The way to write is well, and how is your own business.

An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed.

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.