I don't think that there is absolute freedom of the press. We operate under laws - against libel, for instance. The idea that there is some absolute press freedom is kind of a myth.

Every time my TweetDeck shoots a new tweet to my desktop, I experience a little dopamine spritz that takes me away from... from... wait, what was I saying?

Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.

There is something decidedly faux about the camaraderie of Facebook, something illusory about the connectedness of Twitter.

I'm a Capricorn, actually.

Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.

One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.

My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer's mind-set: Everything's kind of a problem how do you approach the problem?

Anyone with an Internet service provider can be a pundit or whatever they want.

It's a considerable source of tragedy in the world that people stay in powerful jobs long past the point where they're a spent force.

The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.

We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.

Acting was something I wanted to work at and put the time into.

I was playing in other rock bands. Any of those bands didn't last long.

When it comes to being a good lover, a guy has to ask a girl what she wants and be willing to give it to her.

I won't lie - when you're first bringing out music and you want people to notice, you probably overdo it, especially as a girl.

Every week, Dennis Day sang an old Irish folk song. And next day in the fields, I'd be singing that song if I was working in the fields.

Busyness does not mean you are a faithful or fruitful Christian. It only means you are busy, just like everyone else.

When I was 13 I had a fake Id that said that I was 19. I was getting in all the clubs.

All good biography, as all good fiction, comes down to the study of original sin, of our inherent disposition to choose death when we ought to choose life.

To know and not to do is not to know.