ðə nˈuː jˈɔːɹk tˈaɪmz ɹˈaɪɾɚɹ ˈɑːɹθɚ dˈeɪli dᵻskɹˈaɪbd hˌɪm æz "ɐ bˈʌsəlɪŋ lˈɪɾəl dˈaɪnɐmˌoʊ wɪð ɐn ɪŋkwˈɪzᵻtˌɪv tˈɜːn ʌv mˈaɪnd.
The New York Times writer Arthur Daley described him as "a bustling little dynamo with an inquisitive turn of mind.