V. S. Pritchett Quote

Now, practically all reviewers have academic aspirations. The people from the universities are used to a captive audience, but the literary journalist has to please his audience.


As quoted in "V.S. Pritchett Himself" by Paul Theroux in The New York Times (22 May 1977)


Now, practically all reviewers have academic aspirations. The people from the universities are used to a captive audience, but the literary...

Now, practically all reviewers have academic aspirations. The people from the universities are used to a captive audience, but the literary...

Now, practically all reviewers have academic aspirations. The people from the universities are used to a captive audience, but the literary...

Now, practically all reviewers have academic aspirations. The people from the universities are used to a captive audience, but the literary...