This opens the door on another chapter of history.

The profession of journalism ought to be about telling people what they need to know - not what they want to know.

If that is what makes us liberals, so be it, just as long as in reporting the news we adhere to the first ideals of good journalism - that news reports must be fair, accurate and unbiased.

Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.

The ethic of the journalist is to recognize one's prejudices, biases, and avoid getting them into print.

America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.

There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.

In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.

Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened.

We are on the precipice of being so ignorant that our democracy is threatened.

Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.

Ladies, your happiness is very important to us. You have to understand that. Because when you're happy, you let us touch you.

I write everything as a wake-up call to myself and others, to anyone who may have gotten tired of hitting the snooze button.

If y'can't see with yore own two eyes what's in front of them, then y'better off closin' 'em an' goin' t'sleep, 'tis far more restful! —Gerul

Men are always looking for what's better and women are just looking for what works.

When I got to L.A. I woke up and I was losing my voice because of the dry air. It was like, "Oh my god, this is going to be Joe's Pub all over again."

You may have occasion to possess or use material things, but the secret of life lies in never missing them.

If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.

We've become much more casual and much more relaxed in social interactions, where there was a formality and maybe a kind of respect at that time that doesn't exist now.

My point was simply that the war on global terrorism is going to be a long one, and we need to adapt as our enemy adapts.

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell.