John Gross Quotations

John Gross
John Gross FRSLwas an eminent English man of letters. A leading intellectual, writer, anthologist, and critic The Spectator magazine called Gross "the best-read man in Britain", as did The Guardian. He was the editor of The Times Literary Supplement from 1974 to 1981, senior book editor and book critic on the staff of The New York Times from 1983 to 1989, and theatre critic for The Sunday Telegraph from 1989 to 2005. He also worked as assistant editor on Encounter... (wikipedia)