Gene Weingarten
Gene Weingarten
Gene Weingartenis a Washington Post columnist and American two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist known for both his serious and humorous work. Weingarten's column, Below the Beltway, is published weekly in the Washington Post Magazine and syndicated nationally by The Washington Post Writers Group, which also syndicates Barney & Clyde, a comic strip he co-authors...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth2 October 1951
CountryUnited States of America
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Because I live and work in Washington, D.C., I have a ringside seat at the world capital of The Persuasive Arts, or, as I like to call it, The Opinions Racket.
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While it is true that many hep C victims became infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants or in other innocent ways, mine was contracted during my college years, when I showed as much care for my personal health as your average suicide bomber.
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When you are interviewing someone, don't just write down what he says. Ask yourself: Does this guy remind you of someone? What does the room feel like? Notice smells, voice inflection, neighborhoods you pass through. Be a cinematographer.
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What if this world of ours is not based on presumptions of magic? What if this world is really 'What we see is what we get'... Would that be so bad? ... There is a secular magic in everything around us. The world is beautiful. We have love; we should take care of each other. That is not a frightening concept for any parent to deliver to a child.
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I have two favorites: Reading Kierkegaard while listening to Mozart's Piano Concerto 9 in E Flat Major, and reading early Bazooka Joe comics in Hebrew.
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When she was too young to resist, or even to understand, I turned my daughter into a lifelong, rabid Yankees fan.
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The whole point of corporate mascots is to be distinctive. No one in his right mind would ever confuse the Hamburglar with Mayor McCheese.
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The Pulitzer is a crapshoot. Your piece has to hit a few people the right way at the right moment.
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Sometimes, homely things are done for the best reasons in the world and thus achieve a beauty of their own.
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I felt like I was never going to be a great writer. I felt like I was going to be a good writer at best. I wanted to be great at something.
I am the most skilled parallel parker the world has ever known.
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For $60, I once bought a neck massage at a 'massage parlor' that advertised in 'The Washington Post.'
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I believe that sensitivity to issues of race and ethnicity is important, and nuanced, even more so when it intersects with the issue of free speech.
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One of my favorite footnotes in the hypochondria book [The Hypochondriac's Guide to Life. And Death.] was about the death of one of the King Charleses. He was essentially bled and vomited to death by his doctors. They also drilled holes in his head.