James Atlas

If I had to put my money on it, ... I'd say he's not going to read it. He might read more

If I had to put my money on it, ... I'd say he's not going to read it. He might leaf through it. He's not going to sit down and read it.

Biographers, we're weird. For whatever reasons of conditioning, our temporal sense is different from other people's, and I knew it read more

Biographers, we're weird. For whatever reasons of conditioning, our temporal sense is different from other people's, and I knew it would take 10 years. And that's just the way it is.

He's someone who experiences a certain amount of bafflement about his talents. How did it happen? How did he become read more

He's someone who experiences a certain amount of bafflement about his talents. How did it happen? How did he become who he is?

I doubt the garrulous archive bequeathed us by the tape recorder will prove as memorable as Henry James's thank-you notes.

I doubt the garrulous archive bequeathed us by the tape recorder will prove as memorable as Henry James's thank-you notes.

A penumbra of somber dignity has descended over his reputation.

A penumbra of somber dignity has descended over his reputation.