When writing for a mass audience, put a fact in every sentence.

A woman I loved [Andi Parhamovich] was killed in Baghdad in January 2007 – al-Qaeda in Iraq took credit for it … The memorial service with me crying over an empty coffin.

General McChrystal wanted to be on the cover of Rolling Stone.

I have a deep-seated skepticism about the morality of violence. Violence is almost always morally corrosive.

I want to be the greatest investigative reporter of my generation.

I think when war becomes your life, I think its very difficult to have the proper perspective to be able to create a fully balanced policy.

Look, I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising.

If the thumbnail version of the Iraq war was that Bush lied about WMD, the thumbnail version of Obama's war in Afghanistan is that the generals pushed him into a war he didn't want to fight.

The fact is, psychiatric help is not widely available to CIA agents - and as in the military, there is a stigma attached to admitting post-traumatic stress.

By the second sentence of a pitch, the entirety of the story should be explained.

Despite failing to get bin Laden, the U.S. government and media portrayed the early Afghanistan war as a great victory.

Being in love with yourself will teach how to love others.

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.

If you are foe, we do not fear you. If you are friend, your foes will be taught the fear of us.

I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.

I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us nothing which we have Asked for that Purpose.

The hardest thing, as a director, is that it's never right. Nothing you do is ever right. It's never exactly how you envision it. Making a movie is about making it better.

All I do is write their names on the lineup card and let them play. It’s not a tough job. I haven’t misspelled one name yet.

One thing I want to make clear: You never want to hide from your debts. It doesn't work.

When I listen to a record, or when I'm making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the voice, the arrangement. I listen to the whole piece as an ensemble.

We should realize in a vivid and revolutionary sense that we are not in our bodies but our bodies are in us.