Quotes by A. J. Liebling on Appetite and Good Writing

„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. LieblingA. J. Liebling on the importance of appetite and experience for good writing about food.
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A. J. Liebling was an American journalist and writer, known for his insightful observations on the media landscape.

This quote emphasizes the importance of practical experience, here appetite and eating experience, as a basis for good writing about a subject.


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A. J. Liebling quote about appetite and writing

Abbott Joseph Liebling (1904–1963) was an American journalist best known for his columns in The New Yorker. He wrote about media, politics, and society, renowned for his critical and humorous analyses.

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"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
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"The reader must come armed , in a serious state of intellectual readiness. This is not easy because he comes to the text alone. In reading, one's responses are isolated, one'sintellect thrown back on its own resourses. To be confronted by the cold abstractions of printed sentences is to look upon language bare, without the assistance of either beauty or community. Thus, reading is by its nature a serious business. It is also, of course, an essentially rational activity." Neil Postman
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