David Talbot Quotes
The only school that let me in was U.C. Santa Cruz, which is where I went. They didn't have a journalism program, so I took sociology, which is the closest thing to journalism.
I have no regrets about launching Salon. For the life of me, I can't imagine doing anything else.
Most Sunday magazines, with the New York Times as an exception, are kind of sleepy, weekend service vehicles to move living room products.
I know that doesn't sound very radical and webby of me to say that but I think the New York Times is important. I also think there's an occasional piece that will pop out.
My favorite thing is still journalism. I'm almost 50. This has been my life ever since I was in college.
Even more important maybe, or equally more important at least, is they don't have to scrap for a living.
Most magazines have become wallpaper, they're all the same, all the same celebrities. It's really an abysmal time in American journalism right now. But occasionally one story or two will pop out.
When you're kept by a patron you don't have to duke it out in the media marketplace for dollars and for readers. In some ways that's a blessing because it takes a lot of pressure off you.
After Watergate, which happened when I was in college, I became increasingly inspired by journalism as a way to change the world. It sounds corny, but to wake the public up, to serve a higher cause.
EFR has incredible leverage to the rising uranium price and its projects have massive potential.
FCU's PLS discovery has quickly become one of the most exciting stories in the uranium sector.
The first thing I am going to tell my successor is, don't trust the military men – even on military matters." JFK
Robert Kennedy was inspired to take on organized crime by watching the landmark movie On the Waterfront.
