Cambridge university Quote by Bari Weiss

William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.

— Dick Cavett

[James] Baldwin "was one of greatest intellectuals of his time. He was an important voice, period, not an important black voice."

— Raoul Peck

It's great to be with William Buckley, because you don't have to think. He takes a position and you automatically take the opposite one…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

I love James Baldwin's autobiographical writing.

— Carrie Brownstein

I started to read James Baldwin very early on in my life. At a time, as a young adult in the Sixties, when there…

— Raoul Peck

“Sociologically, politically, psychologically, spiritually, it was never enough for James Baldwin to categorize himself as one thing or the other: not just black, not…

— Aberjhani

My favorite favorites are people like Bunuel, Fellini and Charlie Chaplin.

— Alex Winter

“Post election in 1988, he famously swept a copy of Bill Buckley’s National Review off a coffee table in his Kennebunkport, Maine home and…

— Roger Stone

I love James Baldwin essays, but also his novels. I recently read "Another Country." I couldn't believe how ahead of his time he was.

— Laila Lalami

The great thing about James Baldwin and his writing is that it's still fresh every time you pick it up. That's also the sad…

— Brian Tyree Henry

[James] Baldwin was a celebrity. A TV show like Kenneth Clark could put him aside of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. He…

— Raoul Peck

I was obsessed with George Orwell for years. I remember going to the town library and having to put in interlibrary loan requests to…

— Jill Lepore