Note to reporters: The sanctimony thing probably works better on someone who has never broken real stories.

Just say anything without even caring if it is true. That is how riots start.

Writing about race and crime was not new territory for me. But it can be treacherous. So here are my rules: No stereotypes. No generalizations. No explanations. No apologies. Just the facts, ma'am.

What she did was like the people stirring up the riots in Egypt and Libya, said my liberal brother John Flaherty. Just say anything without even caring if it is true. That is how riots start.

Writing about race and crime was not new territory for me. But it can be treacherous. So here are my rules: No stereotypes. No generalizations. No explanations. No apologies. Just the facts, ma’am.

Americans... still believe in an America where anything's possible - they just don't think their leaders do.

It is very much easier for a rich man to invest and grow richer than for the poor man to begin investing at all. And this is also true of nations.

I am convinced the Church is the greatest hope for humanity and for creating a new world where everyone is valued and embraced regardless of differences.

All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole.

But there are some wounds that can never be healed.

If I could write the perfect novella I would die happy.

Let the reader find that he cannot afford to omit any line of your writing because you you have omitted every word that he can spare.

For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse.

If you want anything to change, you've got to change it. If you want things to get better, you've got to get better. And the only way to really do well in life is to find more value than anybody.

There where the course is, Delight makes all of the one mind, The riders upon the galloping horses, The crowd that closes in behind.