Paying Tribute To Safire
Since his death yesterday, William Safire’s colleagues have been offering tribute. Here’s a few of our favorites:
Former New York Times columnist Leslie H. Gelb writes on Forbes.com about advice Safire offered him on column writing many years ago:
“Half the columns you write will be no better than C+. Write them and go home…And make sure that at least twice a year you make somebody bleed in your column.”
In its obituary, The Washington Post called the former Nixon speech writer “rapier-witted”:
“His catchy turns of phrase often outlived the context in which they were delivered.
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