30 Quotes by Brendan Gill

My definition of a hero is a man who tests himself by a series of ordeals, each more difficult than the last; he’s not competing in the world at all, he’s competing only against himself.

Obscenity is a notable enhancer of life and is suppressed at grave peril to the arts.

I will try to cram these paragraphs full of facts and give them a weight and shape no greater than that of a cloud of blue butterflies.

It is in the nature of the New Yorker to be as topical as possible, on a level that is often small in scale and playful in intention.

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.

If it were better, it wouldn't be as good.

We're going to take a closer look at how notification needs to occur.

To die quickly in one's eighth decade at the very top of one's powers is an enviable end, and not an occasion for mourning.

The ingenuities we practice in order to appear admirable to ourselves would suffice to invent the telephone twice over on a rainy summer morning.