Fadiman, Clifton Paul

US author, bibliophile, editor, and radio host

moderator of radio program "Information, Please!" 1938-1948

• "A sense of humor… is the ability to understand a joke and that the joke is oneself."
• "We are all citizens of history."
• "When you read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before."
• "My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the community, I am stronger, I am more intelligent and I think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a father."
• "I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing."