A free press doesn't mean it's not a tame press.

The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.

I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure.

I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.

Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist.

Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior.

Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take.