Throughout America's young history there has been a necessary tension between the individual and the group.

The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth.

Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.

Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.

In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.

I think America has a brilliant future.

Propaganda is persuading people to make up their minds while withholding some of the facts from them.

I think a lot of newspapers have lost touch with that sense of community, which so impressed me as a teenager when I had to knock on people's doors.

Transmitting information is easier than creating understanding.

Some blogs have become the best check on monopoly mainstream journalism, and they provide a surprisingly frequent source of initiative reporting.

[We need to] protect copyright at all costs. Don't do cheap deals with Google and these other cyber-monsters. Recognize that the creative artist has to be maintained.

Pain and suffering have been my most trusted textbook.

We don't blame your shadow for the shape of your body. Don't blame others for the shape of your experience.

I have crazy claustrophobic dreams, weird elevator dreams where the elevator closes in and all of a sudden I am lying down - oh my God, it's a casket. Just freaky stuff like that.

The only thing Native Americans ever did better than the rest of us is spirituality. Of course, that's everything, isn't it?

I really like the idea of banality and repetition being used to generate the image, which are simple and unobstructed and not captivated by composition.

The quivering flesh, though torture-torn, may live, but souls, once deeply wounded, heal no more.

To be perfectly frank, there is an odd place after losing a child, where you think somehow your life is worth less.

Dill?" Mm?" Why do you reckon Boo Radleys never run off?" Dill sighed a long sigh and turned away from me. Maybe he doesn't have anywhere to run off to

If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on.

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.