The blowback against a bailout of Lehman would have been fierce. It is often forgotten, but the prevailing wisdom the day after Lehman fell was that its collapse was a good thing.

In truth, a leader should either apologize, mean it and do something about it - or not apologize at all.

The failure of Lehman may have allowed the government to do more to prop up the economy than it otherwise could.

I think you tell the story that has to be told. You tell the story that's the truth. You tell the story that readers will be interested in and should know about.

I'm not a real sports guy, but I check ESPN.com just so I know what people are talking about.

Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.

Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don't think you can, hold on.

You don’t need to require a woman to be what you want her to be

As somebody who makes his living in the movie business and wants to contribute to it, I think that the best chance I have of doing that is just consistently working with great directors.

Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths.

... photography is just a medium. It's like a typewriter. Photography as an art doesn't interest me an awful lot; as a participant, though I like to look at it.

The best thing we can do for a young person is to expect a great deal from them.

It was one of the compromises of the Constitution that the slave property in the Southern States should be recognized as property throughout the United States.

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.