When I want a peerage, I shall buy one like an honest man.

News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising.

Journalism - a profession whose business it is to explain to others what it personally does not understand.

It is hard news that catches readers. Features hold them.

Never lose your sense of the superficial.

What I learned in this tragedy was the eternal lesson of good people going bad.

People who have a sense of self-efficacy bounce back from failure they approach things in terms of how to handle them rather than worrying about what can go wrong.

I actually think that history has fed off the restlessness of cyber space, of kind of the frantic, segmented nature of the way we lead our lives. People want to be connected.

As the sphere of understanding grows ever larger, necessarily the surface area of ignorance gets ever bigger

You are what you are today because of the choices you made in the past

My mother was my Girl Scout leader, and George's mother was his Cub Scout leader. In fact, that's when some say her hair turned white.

No,' Jimmy protested.

I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.

Hold on...Hold on to yourself. This is going to hurt like hell.

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.