Britain's legal structure is basically the same as in feudal times: laws are written for the elite.

I trained as a journalist in America where paying sources is frowned upon. Now I work in the U.K. where there is a more flexible attitude.

When you're a crime reporter, you see the nub of what life's about, and you don't have much patience for the falsity of politics.

It used to cost money to disclose and distribute information. In the digital age it costs money not to.

There's not a self-regulating group of nice fair-playing people in politics. There are a lot of dodgy people in politics.

The hacker community may be small, but it possesses the skills that are driving the global economies of the future.

I am learning, and I believe I shall do quite well.

I guess the sky in real life isn’t actually perfect. Maybe that’s what makes it so perfect.

That married couples can live together day after day is a miracle that the Vatican has overlooked.

I don't invent characters because the Almightly has already invented millions... Just like experts at fingerprints do not create fingerprints but learn how to read them.

You are perfect exactly as you are. With all your flaws and problems, there's no need to change anything. All you need to change is the thought that you aren't good enough.

New York is a small place when it comes to the part of it that wakes up just as the rest is going to bed.

Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough.

Do what's right and you'll please some of the people and astound the rest.

The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him.

He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.