Go for the gold: better one great column and some undistinguished ones than constant mediocrity.

Report, report, report. Dig, dig, dig. Think, think, think. Don't stop being a reporter because you've become a columnist.

Teamwork is better than isolation, especially for a columnist.

I've spent my career trying to help people without connections understand what's going on so that they have a chance of getting a fair shake from the connected and the powerful.

I grew up in an environment of jokes and sarcasm and puns. I talk that way, so I write that way.

I don't tolerate whining, I look at people & say 'you're a victim, it's not your fault' figure our how to survive!

I wish the army had taught us how to navigate feelings as easily as they did a starless night sky.

Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists.

Appreciate the things and people in your life while remaining independent of them. Give thanks for them, but realize that they do not complete you. Only you can complete you.

I like to say understanding is the power.

Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me.

Everything in this world can be robbed and stolen, except one thing; this one thing is the love that emanates from a human being towards a solid commitment to a conviction or cause.

Shun the inquisitive person, for he is also a talker. [Lat., Percunctatorem fugito, nam garrulus idem est.]

A book can change the world... Every book a child reads creates new neurons in that child's brain.

Whether or not you find your own way, you're bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it's quite rusty.

Suicide is about life, being in fact the sincerest form of criticism life gets.