William Shawn
William Shawn
William Shawnwas an American magazine editor who edited The New Yorker from 1952 until 1987...
drop policy
We have a policy at The New Yorker, ... That is, if someone doesn't want to be profiled, we drop it. I would like you to show me the same courtesy.
create permit
We do not permit composites.. We do not create conversations.
along article entire reputation thrust york
With one stroke, ... this article will take the entire reputation of the New York Herald Tribune and thrust it down into the gutter, along with ...
beyond
This is beyond libelous, ... This is murderous.
needs lease feels
We need to put in proper safeguards. How are we going to feel if somebody leases to the Taliban?
people arbors possibility
There are other places, surely, for other people, but for me there is one place, Ann Arbor, for there it was I discovered what lifes bright possibilities were.
fall perfection process
Falling short of perfection is a process that just never stops.
years facts truth-is
The New Yorker has devoted itself for 59 years not only to facts and literal accuracy but to truth. And truth begins, journalistically, with the facts.
believe printed-word syntax
Amid chaos of images, we value coherence. We believe in the printed word. And we believe in clarity. And we believe in immaculate syntax. And in the beauty of the English language.
want like-you courtesy
We have a policy at The New Yorker, .. That is, if someone doesn't want to be profiled, we drop it. I would like you to show me the same courtesy.