I think the only safe medium are books, because people like to hold books in their hand.

I think the older you are, the more you're going to cling to the printed word as being sacred.

One of the exciting things about reporting is going to places you've never been to before.

I'm really not interested in other people's opinions, because I think frankly most of those opinions are either misinformed and adding to this endless ball of hot air we have in our society where everyone thinks their opinion is valuable and sacred and what counts.

Well I just always wanted to be a newspaper reporter.

Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.

I always had a curiosity about Texas. I had a curiosity about small-town life, although, granted, Odessa's not a tiny town.