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 Copy Share Image
We breathe, we think, we conceive of our lives as narratives. — Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Copy Share Image
Even if language is a living evolving organism, we don't have to embrace all the changes that occur during our lifetimes. If language is… — Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Copy Share Image
In the spirit of Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot and Alain de Botton's How Proust Can Change Your Life, Mr. Dyer's Out of Sheer Rage… — Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Copy Share Image
The dream is everything in the sport of fishing. You dream with every cast of your fly that the shadowy form will finally rise… — Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Copy Share Image
There's an enormous difference between being a critic and a reviewer. The reviewer reacts to the experience of that book. — Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Copy Share Image
Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk writers. — Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Copy Share Image
To be crazy is not necessarily to writhe in snake pits or converse with imaginary gods. It can sometimes be not knowing what to… — Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Copy Share Image
One is happy to report that Israel Shenker is still at the aerosol stage. His energy is still compressed. The result distinguishes him both… — Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Copy Share Image
A brilliant and challenging discussion presented with extraordinary clarity. — Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Copy Share Image
There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the… — Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Copy Share Image
