The only way to do news on television is not to be terrified of it.

In the forties [1940s] in Washington it was still unusual for a rich and socially well-connected married woman to work. If she did, her husband was assumed by his peers to be unable to support a household on his own and somehow to be inadequate.

This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.

Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.

The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were.

Maybe the French will get a manned craft into space if they can get a rocket strong enough to lift a bottle of wine.

Washington is a pool of money surrounded by people who want some.