A. J. Liebling Quotes about Writing

The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.

The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.

A. J. Liebling

Food, Writing, Cooking

A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.27, Macmillan

The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.

A. J. Liebling

Writing, Way, Damn

I can write better than anyone who can write faster.

A. J. Liebling

Writing, Faster, I Can

Newspapers write about other newspapers with circumspection, ... about themselves with awe, and only after mature reflection.

A. J. Liebling

Writing, Reflection, Mature

Henry Miller may write about revelers self-woven into a human hooked rug, because his ecstasy is solemn.

A. J. Liebling

Writing, Self, Woven

A. J. Liebling (2016). “Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris”, p.27, North Point Press

The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. Without this, it is impossible to accumulate, within the allotted span, enough experience of eating to have anything worth setting down.

A. J. Liebling

Writing, Impossible, Eating

A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.25, Macmillan

If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total.

A. J. Liebling

Writing, Pay, Firsts

A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.59, Macmillan