Birthday: April 29, 1931 in New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name: Robert Adams Gottlieb
Robert Gottlieb was born on April 29, 1931 in New York City, New York, USA. He has been married to Maria Tucci since April 26, 1969. They have two children. He was previously married to Muriel Higgins.
[on his years of editing the writer, Toni Morrison] Our only clashes have been about commas, because...Show more »
[on his years of editing the writer, Toni Morrison] Our only clashes have been about commas, because I like commas, and Toni doesn't... And it's because Toni... hears her prose. So that, when she's writing she hears what she's writing. I believe that she hears the pauses that commas suggest to a reader. But the reader isn't hearing her speak it, so we don't know where those pauses are, without those vital, adorable little commas. Show less «
