Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk writers.

- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

Mr. Frazier makes me laugh out loud.

- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

Even when you disagree with her, she electrifies your mind.

- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

The beginning of a plot is the prompting of desire.

- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

One is happy to report that Israel Shenker is still at the aerosol stage. His energy is still compressed. The result distinguishes him both as a Jew …

- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

A brilliant and challenging discussion presented with extraordinary clarity.

- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

There's an enormous difference between being a critic and a reviewer. The reviewer reacts to the experience of that book.

- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

To be crazy is not necessarily to writhe in snake pits or converse with imaginary gods. It can sometimes be not knowing what to do in the morning.

- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

In the spirit of Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot and Alain de Botton's How Proust Can Change Your Life, Mr. Dyer's Out of Sheer Rage keeps circling…

- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt