In the perfect world every source could be identified, but like the man said, "It's not a perfect world."

It changes your life, the pursuit of truth.

The first rough draft of history.

As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness.

There is nothing like daily journalism! Best damn job in the world!

The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.

It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth.

The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he really enjoyed sparring with journalists.

Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they’re lazy, and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous.

You never monkey with the truth.

Hire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom.

After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.

The ' pleasure' of being drunk is obviously the pleasure of escaping from the responsibility of Consciousness.

There's always this weird dark humor within a lot of Depeche Mode songs that people miss, tongue-in-cheek and also very British.

Utopia is not one of the options.

I think people say you shouldn't work with children or animals, but you must only work with children.

Wit is often a mask. If you tear it you will find either genius irritated or cleverness juggling.

How lucky I've been to live in such beautiful places and able to make them as I dreamed. I've been lucky. I've adored my houses more than my friends (or husbands).

A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads to a weak nation.

Don't leave me." "Leave you? I'm going to marry you.

Truth suffers, but never dies.