One is happy to report that Israel Shenker is still at the aerosol stage. His energy is still compressed. The result distinguishes him both as a Jew and as an observer of Jews.
– Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
One misses the hiss of acid.
– Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk writers.
– Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
The beginning of a plot is the prompting of desire.
– Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the least physically harmful of all the narcotics known to man.
– Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
There's an enormous difference between being a critic and a reviewer. The reviewer reacts to the experience of that book.
– Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
We breathe, we think, we conceive of our lives as narratives.
– Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
What they have in common is that if the reviewer did not already possess them, he would long for them most greedily.