--- title: "18 Village Voice Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 18 Village Voice quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Village Voice sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/james-wolcott-8178_break_at-the-village-voice-there-were-all-thes_1305586.png" --- > [At 'The Village Voice,' there were all these fevers inside the offices, that would break out into full-scale rumbles between writers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wolcott/at-the-village-voice-there-were-all-these-fevers-inside-the-offices/) [James Wolcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wolcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/james-wolcott-8178_break_at-the-village-voice-there-were-all-thes_1305586.png) > [As the editor at the Village Voice, I always tried to find writers of colour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/as-the-editor-at-the-village-voice-i-always-tried-to-find-writers-of/) [Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/robert-christgau-9660_always_as-the-editor-at-the-village-voice-i-alw_1319372.jpg) > [I was always into comic books and horror stories and a huge consumer of pop culture. And then I worked for awhile…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/i-was-always-into-comic-books-and-horror-stories-and-a-huge-consumer/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/colson-whitehead-1042_always_i-was-always-into-comic-books-and-horror_865992.png) > [Even when I was working at The Village Voice, I only put in about 20 hours at the office.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/even-when-i-was-working-at-the-village-voice-i-only-put-in-about-20/) [Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25c/robert-christgau-9660_even_even-when-i-was-working-at-the-village-v_2786466.jpg) > [It's true you have to screen out a lot living in the city. I stayed away from New York for a long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-tillman/it-s-true-you-have-to-screen-out-a-lot-living-in-the-city-i-stayed/) [Lynne Tillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-tillman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/lynne-tillman-5609_cities_it-s-true-you-have-to-screen-out-a-lot-l_402242.png) > [I grew up in a quiet suburb in South Texas, and loved the in-your-faceness of the East Village. In the early days,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-chozick/i-grew-up-in-a-quiet-suburb-in-south-texas-and-loved-the-in-your/) [Amy Chozick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-chozick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/amy-chozick-25021_lie_i-grew-up-in-a-quiet-suburb-in-south-tex_1690001.jpg) > [When I was in college, my whole goal was to write for the 'Village Voice,' and I think I was doing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-strauss/when-i-was-in-college-my-whole-goal-was-to-write-for-the-village/) [Neil Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/498/neil-strauss-3035_been_when-i-was-in-college-my-whole-goal-was_999041.jpg) > [I write a column for The Village Voice, which I've done since time immemorial, and occasionally - and books. And I occasionally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/i-write-a-column-for-the-village-voice-which-i-ve-done-since-time/) [Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/nat-hentoff-1615_albums_i-write-a-column-for-the-village-voice-w_2312666.jpg) > [When I interviewed the evangelical Christian youth group who were protesting the Village Voice, I wanted them to feel they could freely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/when-i-interviewed-the-evangelical-christian-youth-group-who-were/) [Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/006/melissa-gira-grant-15196_christian_when-i-interviewed-the-evangelical-chris_909321.jpg) > [You can criticize any news staff in some ways, but the one thing that you couldn't call the Village Voice staff was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/you-can-criticize-any-news-staff-in-some-ways-but-the-one-thing-that/) [Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/sydney-schanberg-27085_criticize_you-can-criticize-any-news-staff-in-some_274648.jpg) > [My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me. He would tell us about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/my-art-teacher-in-junior-high-was-a-very-out-gay-man-and-a-mentor-to-2/) [Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/gus-van-sant-5023_art_my-art-teacher-in-junior-high-was-a-very_2751012.jpg) > [What had brought me to New York in the autumn of 1972 was a letter of recommendation written by Norman Mailer, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wolcott/what-had-brought-me-to-new-york-in-the-autumn-of-1972-was-a-letter-of/) [James Wolcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wolcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fad/james-wolcott-8178_american-literature_what-had-brought-me-to-new-york-in-the-a_185666.png) > [At the time, liberals didn't understand that they had First Amendment rights. So, I was doing cartoons in this narrative cartoon form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-feiffer/at-the-time-liberals-didn-t-understand-that-they-had-first-amendment/) [Jules Feiffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-feiffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/jules-feiffer-11086_cartoon_at-the-time-liberals-didn-t-understand-t_1757283.jpg) > [The Internet and blogging made writing somewhat more solitary and more splintered. It removes the whole sense of the magazine as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wolcott/the-internet-and-blogging-made-writing-somewhat-more-solitary-and/) [James Wolcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-wolcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/james-wolcott-8178_bottom_the-internet-and-blogging-made-writing-s_612802.jpg) > [Lacey said if he wanted to read a daily or regular critiques of the Bush administration, he would read the New York…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/lacey-said-if-he-wanted-to-read-a-daily-or-regular-critiques-of-the/) [Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9c/sydney-schanberg-27085_administration_lacey-said-if-he-wanted-to-read-a-daily_665686.jpg) > [In many ways, Eulah-Beulah prepared me for literary criticism. After having a two-hundred-pound babysitter fart on your face and yell Pow!, The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/in-many-ways-eulah-beulah-prepared-me-for-literary-criticism-after/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce6/stephen-king-13_babysitter_in-many-ways-eulah-beulah-prepared-me-fo_3204387.jpg) > [I grew up reading the 'Village Voice' and wanting to be one of these multidisciplinary music writers, film writers, book writers. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/i-grew-up-reading-the-village-voice-and-wanting-to-be-one-of-these/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/colson-whitehead-1042_after_i-grew-up-reading-the-village-voice-and_2085222.png) > [The Village Voice gave me an outlet. They encouraged writers to publish idiosyncratic, intellectually ambitious journalism in voices that ranged from demonic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/the-village-voice-gave-me-an-outlet-they-encouraged-writers-to/) [Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/robert-christgau-9660_journalism_the-village-voice-gave-me-an-outlet-they_2641598.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/village-voice/#itemlist", "name": "Village Voice Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "At 'The Village Voice,' there were all these fevers inside the offices, that would break out into full-scale rumbles between writers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Wolcott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-wolcott/at-the-village-voice-there-were-all-these-fevers-inside-the-offices/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/james-wolcott-8178_break_at-the-village-voice-there-were-all-thes_1305586.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/james-wolcott-8178_break_at-the-village-voice-there-were-all-thes_1305586.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/james-wolcott-8178_break_at-the-village-voice-there-were-all-thes_1305586.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“At 'The Village Voice,' there were all these fevers inside the offices, that would break out into full-scale…” — James Wolcott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As the editor at the Village Voice, I always tried to find writers of colour.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Christgau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/as-the-editor-at-the-village-voice-i-always-tried-to-find-writers-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/robert-christgau-9660_always_as-the-editor-at-the-village-voice-i-alw_1319372.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/robert-christgau-9660_always_as-the-editor-at-the-village-voice-i-alw_1319372.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/robert-christgau-9660_always_as-the-editor-at-the-village-voice-i-alw_1319372.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As the editor at the Village Voice, I always tried to find writers of colour.” — Robert Christgau", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was always into comic books and horror stories and a huge consumer of pop culture. 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