I think as an investigative reporter I had tough standards, but I don't think of myself as a tough person.

What's next for me? I don't know. So I'm in exactly the same boat as many of you.

It's a little dangerous to be a badass.

We human beings are a lot more resilient than we often realize. Resilient and perseverant.

A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life's ups and downs. Laughing at yourself always helps.

You know the sting of losing or not getting something you badly want. When that happens show what you are made of.

In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.

I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did.

The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.

I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.

Women are damn resilient.

I may be going nowhere, but what a ride.

What makes a person unique is their vision, their belief, their passion, and their flat out unwillingness to give up.

Writers don't forget the past

But that woman is an encyclopedia!Of all vices, ancient and modern, and terribly interesting to leaf through!

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself and not by borrowing.

Great ideology creates great times.

Forgiveness is a sign that the person who has wronged you means more to you than the wrong they have delt.

She has all the qualities of leadership, except followers.

Once more it was borne in on him that marriage was not the safe anchorage he had been taught to think, but a voyage on uncharted seas.

In order to be an artist, one must be deeply rooted in the society.