My eating habits were so bad for many years that I didn't actually know the intricacies of making a salad.

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.

Celebrity is the religion of our time.

if you gone come in second, you're just the first loser!

The only way that we can protect each other is if we are together. If we face things together. If we trust each other.

Everything is so superb and breathtaking. I am creeping forward on my belly like they do in war movies.

For some reason, religious jokes seem as trivial as jokes about food or driving.

Psychic beings are childlike, delicate and easily destroyed.

I love doing motion pictures and expect to be as busy as I want to be in them.

Losing my faith was the most spiritual thing that ever happened to me.

Fortunately, I grew up in a family that was grounded. My mother and father knew how to guide my career and look out for my best interests.

I'm not saying that I've cheated, being in an intense love with somebody while also feeling the pulls of being a young man, especially being an object of attention.

The great lesson of biography is to show what man can be and do at his best. A noble life put fairly on record acts like an inspiration to others.