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A Reader Ought To Be Able To Hold It And Become Familiar With Its Organized Contents And Make It A Mind's Manageable Companion.

The Most Successful Column Is One That Causes The Reader To Throw Down The Paper In A Peak Of Fit.

To 'know Your Place' Is A Good Idea In Politics. That Is Not To Say 'stay In Your Place' Or 'hang On To Your Place', Because Ambition Or Boredom May Dictate Upward Or Downward Mobility, But A Sense Of Place - A Feel For One's Own Position In The Control Room-is Useful In Gauging What You Should Try To Do.

Writers Who Used To Show Off Their Erudition No Longer Sing In The Bare Ruined Choir Of The Media.

The Wonderful Thing About Being A New York Times Columnist Is That It's Like A Supreme Court Appointment - They're Stuck With You For A Long Time.