Brendan Gill

“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.”

“If it were better, it wouldn't be as good.”

“Parody is homage gone sour.”

“Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.”

“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.”