Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise.

My theory is that, just like with omitting a final comma in a list when not essential for meaning, publishers are trying to save paper and ink or pixels on-screen.

I have a sense of humor. I usually come off as very serious, but I definitely have a dry sense of humor.

Failure is part of success, an integral part. Everybody gets knocked down. Knowing it will happen and what you must do when it does is the first step back.

I often think about the class differences involved in "jobs" vs. "careers."

A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines

If I have any talent, it's in the artistic end of football. The variation of movement of 11 players and the orchestration of that facet of football is beautiful to me.