Murrow covered something because it needed coverage. He wasn't trying to get an audience just for the sake of it.

Sincerity: if you can fake it, you've got it made.

I have no doubt that the nation has suffered more from undue secrecy than from undue disclosure. The government takes good care of itself.

Power corrupts, and there is nothing more corrupting than power exercised in secret.

All news is an exaggeration of life.

Speaker Newt Gingrich says that what is wrong with the present system is not that people abuse welfare but that welfare abuses people.

There was a vacuum in investigation, and the press began to try men in the most effective court in the country.

Success is the ability to turn a pickle, a bump or an epic failure into an opportunity for success

There was that sense of abandoning the familiar for the unknown that characterizes all journeys made for the first time.

I’ve never done this before. I didn’t go to human bars. Mudslides aside, I’m not much of a drinker. Club people are not my people. Now, book-club people—

I am still enjoying the success.

Lucifer is the hero of the Bible, and the most misunderstood being in its narrative. He is not Satan, but the Light Bearer!

Men love it. They have a sense of humor, whereas a lot of women are threatened or just don't get it.

Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?

I've never made any concessions, so I am 100% responsible for my films. This makes me feel very proud.

Brooklyn, when I was growing up, was awesome. It was stoopball and stickball - a lot of kids... the baby boom generation were all in the area. It was just a really great place.

Burn the boats as you enter the island and you will take the island.