Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by William Shawn

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American editor William Shawn.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

William Shawn was an American magazine editor who edited The New Yorker from 1952 until 1987.

American - Editor | August 31, 1907 - December 8, 1992

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We need to put in proper safeguards. How are we going to feel if somebody leases to the Taliban?

William Shawn

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.

William Shawn

Falling short of perfection is a process that just never stops.

William Shawn

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.

William Shawn

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.

William Shawn

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.

William Shawn

Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by William Shawn

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