As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book.

In the futile attempts we all make to tidy up our lives and our surroundings, nothing is more difficult than throwing out a book.

If you put on an item of clothing that hurts just because you have an idea it looks better or conforms to what other people are wearing, it's dumb.

I think a draft produces a better Army than the one we would have with all volunteers, because I think you get average Americans if you have a draft. And if it's an all-volunteer Army, you get people who join up because of some problem in their own lives. They don't have anything else to do, they don't have a job, or they can't find what they want to do, so they join the Army. And it doesn't produce the best Army.

I've done a lot of complaining here, but of all the things I've complained about, I can't complain about my life.

Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout.

I'm always on the lookout for something good about people. Often months go by.