Melvin Maddocks
Melvin Maddocks
fast gave readers standards truth
Once we thought, journalists and readers alike, that if we put together enough 'facts' and gave them a fast stir, we would come up with something that, at least by the standards of short-order cooks, could be called the truth.
fast gave readers standards together
Once we thought, journalists and readers alike, that if we put together enough ""facts"" and gave them a fast stir, we would come up with something that, at least by the standards of short-order cooks, could be called the truth.
beyond breakfast imagination people single
It is beyond the imagination of the menu-maker that there are people in the world who breakfast on a single egg.
art certain means
To choose art means to turn one's back on the world, or at least on certain of its distractions.
idealistic
Nothing is more idealistic than a journalist on the defensive.
both controlled environment lights observing pedigree suit watching
Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is too controlled to suit the species.
demanding lonely modern whaling
Writing is the most demanding of callings, more harrowing than a warrior's, more lonely than a whaling captain's-that, in essence, is the modern writer's message.
fair gives identity job keeps share somebody work
A man's work is his dilemma: his job is his bondage, but it also gives him a fair share of his identity and keeps him from being a bystander in somebody else's world.
report
Journalists do not like to report on uncertainties. They would almost rather be wrong than ambiguous.
developed fully reminds
It is one test of a fully developed writer that he reminds us of no one but himself.
approval honorary seal
Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.
acting archie barely born boy maybe poor spell
Cary Grant, born Archie Leach, was a poor boy who could barely spell posh. That's acting for you-or maybe Hollywood.