I think I'm more intensely opinionated when I speak; more agreeably balanced when I write.
Adam GopnikOver all, there are now more people under โcorrectional supervisionโ in America-more than six million-than were in the Gulag Archipelago under Stalin at its height.
Adam GopnikGoing to a restaurant is one of my keenest pleasures. Meeting someplace with old and new friends, ordering wine, eating food, surrounded by strangers, I think is the core of what it means to live a civilised life.
Adam Gopnik