Celebrity is the religion of our time.

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

[On journalists:] We are a noisy, imperfect lot, struggling to scribble what has been called the first draft of history.

Journalism, spooked by rumors of its own obsolescence, has stopped believing in itself. Groans of doom alternate with panicked happy talk.

The sounds of silence are a dim recollection now, like mystery, privacy and paying attention to one thing — or one person — at a time.

Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last.

Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.

When I need to work up my nerve to write a tough column, I try to think of myself as Emma Peel in a black leather catsuit.

If you're famous enough, the rules don't apply.

A friendship between reporter and source lasts only until it is profitable for one to betray the other.

Don't write anything down, but save everything that anyone else writes down.

What happens when you pray for an angel and get a vampire instead? R E Mullins

he wished for freedom and heaven was granted to him".

We make our discoveries through our mistakes: we watch one another's success: and where there is freedom to experiment there is hope to improve.

Shared beliefs and values form the heart of every successful relationship and ultimately determine its success.

Well-taught doctrines and principles have a more powerful influence on behavior than rules.

Unfortunately, beer was only a short-term answer. And head transplants had yet to be approved by the FDA.

The world is on fire; time is a bomb. Ten thousand years are not enough When so much remains to be done

Every member of our baseball team at West Point became a general: this proves the value of team sports.

No matter the circumstances that you may be going through, just push through it.

I'm in prison. But my heart and mind is free. Gangsta haters on the streets are doing more time than me. They need 30 police escorts with them every time they walk down the street.