There is no point in criticizing readers for migrating online. You have to follow them and offer them something new.

A good story remains a good story, whether it is on glossy paper or a mobile phone display, is carved into marble tablets or appears as a Bild headline.

It amazes me to witness the masochism with which some journalists characterize their industry as a dying species. The future belongs to citizen journalism and blogs.

I don't see the government as a beverage vending machine, where anyone who happens to be thirsty can grab a drink.

The copy price of the future is the copyright.

Perhaps profit isn't everything, but nothing works without profit. Profit is the basis for independent journalism.

One should never say never.

When you cannot achieve a majority, it's a good idea to get rid of minority stakes.

Publishers are private businesspeople who must reach their economic goals independently.

Your mind is like a tunnel that has no end, and a baloon, that even too much air cannot burst.

I believe the happiness we feel in relation to animals is immensely significant. I believe it is absolutely central to our physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being.

Politics. The diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.

Those who call the shots are never in the line of fire.

I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love.

I don't feel like we're setting ourselves up to be exclusive. I don't want to set up an attitude where we're telling people 'You can't listen to our music if you don't have a college degree.

I was so grateful that Lemony Snicket wasn't the worst movie ever made that I overlooked many things that might have otherwise upset me.

Swift calls discretion low prudence; it is high prudence, and one of the most important elements entering into either social or political life.

Sweet is the air with the budding haws, and the valley stretching for miles below Is white with blossoming cherry-trees, as if just covered with lighted snow.