George Will
George Will
George Frederick Willis an American newspaper columnist and political commentator. He is a Pulitzer Prize–winner known for his conservative commentary on politics. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth4 May 1941
practice low-self-esteem
I've had a lot of practice and wrong's what I do best.
cages possums
You can't put this possum in a cage
tradition social institutions
I have a deep suspicion of social institutions and tradition in general.
daughter long parenthood
I resisted parenthood for a long, long time. But having a daughter has given me a sense of hopefulness that I didn't have before.
couple years long
The people who seem to have a lock on power get swept out in a couple of years. So it's naïve to keep swinging at the same targets over and over. It took me a long time to realize, but most of the shackles that I flailed against were just illusory.
individuality antagonism lama
I don't like the antagonism that most religions have for science, and freedom and, frankly, individuality. I do like the Dalai Lama.
kings war character
I don't like that The Simpsons are spokespeople for Burger King and MasterCard and Butterfinger. In the first Gulf War, I was really upset that the Simpsons characters were being drawn on tanks and bombs. But those are things that I don't control.
agnostic realizing position
I guess I started to realize that being an agnostic was such a wimpy position.
grotesque ideals unforgiving
For me, marriage is a grotesque, unforgiving, clunky contrivance. Yet society pushes it as a shimmering ideal.
smart ideas people
I have no idea how it got so big. I was just trying to find something to do while I was living in Boulder, Colorado, which isn't really a funny town. There are a lot of smart people there, but comedy isn't at the forefront of their minds.
creative brain together
I find that the creative side of my brain and the archival side of my brain don't work well together. When I've done my best work, I've been in a trance-like state.
weight fabric dressings
The weight of a fabric is inconsequential, since seasonal dressing is all about layering.
family-and-friends doing-nothing exchanging
I like to spend Christmas with family and friends, pigging out, exchanging gifts and basically doing nothing.
winter chic dressings
Winter dressing is all about having chic outerwear.