We should put pressure on power and write the truth and write relentlessly and fearlessly. That's the job.

I don't think there will be fascism in America, but we have to do everything we can to fight against it.

The only reason to be in business is to be great.

I think we should be alarmed, watchful, and, as journalists, rigorous and fearless. I think we should be alert.

A.J. Liebling, one of my heroes, used to say that he could write better than anyone who wrote faster, and faster than anyone who could write better. I'm one nine-hundredth as good as Liebling, but that principle may slightly apply.

Maybe Santa Claus is real. Here's the problem: reality.

I use social media every day. I don't have a Twitter account, but not because I'm a dinosaur about it. I have enough of a platform here. People in my position who do it tend to use it in a promotional way or in a hamstrung way. I look at Twitter all the time as a news tool or for cultural conversation. I've used it in my reporting. It's very useful.