Barney Rosset Professions : Publisher Born : May 28, 1922 Died : February 21, 2012 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Barney Rosset We thought a magazine, even a self proclaimed literary review, had to be involved in politics. We felt sex was healthy and made (then) bold use of fiction and graphics so declaring. We operated on a shoestring and still got our issues out on time. In short, we had a ball. Barney Rosset issues self sex If you have freedom of speech, you have freedom of speech. Barney Rosset freedom-of-speech speech ifs Waiting for Godot was not allowed. Neither was Henry Miller. The Soviets condemned them both. Miller would have been used as an example of decadence, being a very good analyst of how terrible and monstrous American culture was. That they liked, but they wouldn't publish him. I guess it must have been the sex. With Beckett, it must have been the hopelessness. Barney Rosset example waiting sex Opens up a whole new view of Beckett. The strong mutual attraction between Beckett and Cunard may help explain the leftist political views he expressed both in these superb and long-neglected translations for Negro and elsewhere in his work. Barney Rosset mutual-attraction strong views Similar Authors Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger publisher Andrew Breitbart publisher Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Sr. publisher Al Goldstein publisher All Authors