David Halberstam often wrote about the powerful, but his real sympathies lay with ordinary people. He was very uncomfortable with bigfoot Washington journalism - he thought it was lazy and self-serving. — Jonathan Yardley Copy Share Image
One of my pet theories is that readers have built-in BS detectors that enable them to recognize insincerity in writers. David [Halberstam] was sincerity… — Jonathan Yardley Copy Share Image
David [Halberstam] kept on doing what he did because he loved it. One of the obituaries I read quoted him as saying that he… — Jonathan Yardley Copy Share Image
Reading it now for the seventh or eighth time, I am more convinced than ever not merely that The Great Gatsby is Fitzgerald’s masterwork… — Jonathan Yardley Copy Share Image
Amis is a force unto himself There is, quite simply, no one else like him. — Jonathan Yardley Copy Share Image
David Halberstam often wrote about the powerful, but his real sympathies lay with ordinary people. He was very uncomfortable with bigfoot Washington journalism -… — Jonathan Yardley Copy Share Image
You don't have to be Dave Halberstam to see that the American role in both conflicts [the Iraq war and the Vietnam conflict] is… — Jonathan Yardley Copy Share Image
![“One of my pet theories is that readers have built-in BS detectors that enable them to recognize insincerity in writers. David [Halberstam] was sincerity to the core. He believed in what he wrote, and that conviction conveyed itself to readers.” quote by Jonathan Yardley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/933/jonathan-yardley-53847_books_one-of-my-pet-theories-is-that-readers-h_754322.jpg)
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