I write a syndicated column for The Washington Post that goes to about 200, 250 papers. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[Bill Shawn] didn't edit the writers very strongly, but he knew what he wanted. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I wish [my wife] would [work] because - especially now the kind of - I mean, honesty is hardly the word. She… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Lilian Ross was a - veteran writer for The New Yorker. She, in fact, brought me to The New Yorker many years… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I write a column for The Village Voice, which I've done since time immemorial, and occasionally - and books. And I occasionally… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I felt better about myself that I did it [calling Max Askeli Commander Askeli], rather than have - rather than thinking it… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[Margot Hentoff] stopped [writing]. She decided that she had nothing more to say. And yet, every day, she has a whole lot… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Miranda [Hentoff] is a complete musician. She's a composer, a singer. She writes scripts along - with her projects. And she's a… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I had not been very kind to J. Edgar Hoover. And the field agent had written on - it was sent directly… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
What's wrong with it is, it lowers, to say the least, the credibility of the magazine. And if I were writing for… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
When John Adams - when - James Madison was writing - pretty much writing the Constitution, he got a letter from Thomas… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Margot [Hentoff] used to write regularly for The Voice, for The New York Review of Books, for Harper's Bazaar, and she really… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I told [a big investor in The New Yorker] - I was complaining the way writers complain.I said'[Bill Shawn] pays very well,… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I was very much against the Vietnam War, and Max Askeli was visiting Lyndon Johnson in the White House cheering him on,… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I found out - the paper used to go to bed on Tues - on Monday. I found out that on Monday… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
When I first knew Bob Dylan, he lived in the Village. And for a man who, years after, would disdain publicity or… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I was writing - at least beginning to write Boston Boy and there were a lot of holes in my so-called research.… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[Bill Clinton] was the man, as a matter of fact, who, in terms of the Communications Decency Act, which would have made… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
My parents were Orthodox Jews but not very regular Orthodox Jews. I was bar mitzvahed and all that. But God was hardly ever mentioned… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
There are enough people who are starting to be actively involved that we can turn things around. And we need to encourage others to… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[Margot Hentoff] thinks - first of all, she - this I hear from a lot of people beside her. She thinks that men have… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
My father was pretty independent. He was - he was arrested once in Nashville when he was on one of his sales trips because… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
My chronology is terrible. [Work with William Shawn] must have some ago. It was after he was fired by Newhouse. After New - when… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Now that is dangerous, when the people don't know what's happening to their Constitution. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[My wife Margot] was the - I guess, the coordinator or the production manager [of The Jazz Review], and we got to know each… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The book that really, really shaped my politics and has forever is Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon," which is a novel based on terrible… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I have I guess 3 passions. One is the Constitution. The other is jazz and the other is being an atheist prolifer which, of… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
If the American people have their health care paid for by the government, depending on their age and their condition, they will be subject… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[A.J. Muste] was - he - I don't know what he finally came out believing in, but it was some kind of higher being. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
![“[Bill Shawn] didn't edit the writers very strongly, but he knew what he wanted.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8f0/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_bill-shawn-didn-t-edit-the-writers-very_668456.jpg)
![“I wish [my wife] would [work] because - especially now the kind of - I mean, honesty is hardly the word. She writes with a ferocity of clarity that - nobody else around has now.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/012/nat-hentoff-1615_clarity_i-wish-my-wife-would-work-because-especi_340871.jpg)
![“I felt better about myself that I did it [calling Max Askeli Commander Askeli], rather than have - rather than thinking it and not writing it for being afraid of what might happen to me.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4b9/nat-hentoff-1615_being-afraid_i-felt-better-about-myself-that-i-did-it_2291553.jpg)
![“[Margot Hentoff] stopped [writing]. She decided that she had nothing more to say. And yet, every day, she has a whole lot to say, and I wish she'd write it down.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/351/nat-hentoff-1615_decided_margot-hentoff-stopped-writing-she-decid_834417.jpg)
![“Miranda [Hentoff] is a complete musician. She's a composer, a singer. She writes scripts along - with her projects. And she's a superb teacher. Her teaching pupils have ranged from Itzhak Perlman to Sting.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/346/nat-hentoff-1615_composer_miranda-hentoff-is-a-complete-musician-s_1598927.jpg)
![“What's wrong with it is, it lowers, to say the least, the credibility of the magazine. And if I were writing for [The New Republic ], I would feel diminished because the owner had done such a thing [fire a journalist].” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/034/nat-hentoff-1615_credibility_what-s-wrong-with-it-is-it-lowers-to-say_1515826.jpg)
![“Margot [Hentoff] used to write regularly for The Voice, for The New York Review of Books, for Harper's Bazaar, and she really had the most distinctive writing style, even more than mine, than I've ever seen in this business.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f16/nat-hentoff-1615_bazaars_margot-hentoff-used-to-write-regularly-f_598178.jpg)
![“I told [a big investor in The New Yorker] - I was complaining the way writers complain.I said'[Bill Shawn] pays very well, but a lot of my pieces don't get in,' and that was true of most of the writers there.But he pays you for them, that was very nice of him. This guy didn't think it was very…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aff/nat-hentoff-1615_bad-mistake_i-told-a-big-investor-in-the-new-yorker_1855550.jpg)
![“[Margot Hentoff] was an editor there for a time as well as a writer.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ab/nat-hentoff-1615_editors_margot-hentoff-was-an-editor-there-for-a_2819688.jpg)
![“[Bill Clinton] was the man, as a matter of fact, who, in terms of the Communications Decency Act, which would have made the Internet, the whole concept of cyberspace, vulnerable to rampant censorship - he pushed that bill, and I know the man in the Justice Department whom he persuaded - the guy…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1a0/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_bill-clinton-was-the-man-as-a-matter-of_2997852.jpg)
![“[Margot Hentoff] thinks - first of all, she - this I hear from a lot of people beside her. She thinks that men have no business getting into this argument at all unless they're going to be pro-choice. But it turns out that a fair number of fetuses are male, and besides that, we are all one part of…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/060/nat-hentoff-1615_argument_margot-hentoff-thinks-first-of-all-she-t_42891.jpg)
![“My chronology is terrible. [Work with William Shawn] must have some ago. It was after he was fired by Newhouse. After New - when Newhouse bought The New Yorker, he said in one of those grand press” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b15/nat-hentoff-1615_chronology_my-chronology-is-terrible-work-with-will_68342.jpg)
![“We disagree heavily on abortion [with Margot Hentoff].” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b48/nat-hentoff-1615_abortion_we-disagree-heavily-on-abortion-with-mar_70628.jpg)
![“[My wife Margot] was the - I guess, the coordinator or the production manager [of The Jazz Review], and we got to know each other and we married.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/18d/nat-hentoff-1615_coordinator_my-wife-margot-was-the-i-guess-the-coord_104123.jpg)
![“[A.J. Muste] was - he - I don't know what he finally came out believing in, but it was some kind of higher being.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c49/nat-hentoff-1615_believe_a-j-muste-was-he-i-don-t-know-what-he-fi_209477.jpg)