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

The future is itself a story, and predictions are stories we tell to amaze ourselves, to give hope to the desperate, to jolt the complacent.

Capitalism in Russia has spawned far more Al Capones than Henry Fords.

I have to always remember, writing is really hard.

Mobile is great for us. I think, even though the size of the screen doesn't give everything The New Yorker has to offer, people are spending a lot of time reading - and reading seriously - on the phone.

100% of the people who get the magazine say they read the cartoons first - and the other 2% are lying.100

The only reason the word "brand" gets a little tiresome is that something that is complex and wonderful and deep begins to sound like a can of tomato soup. I recoil at that, but I'm used to it. I know what it means: It means that The New Yorker is not merely the magazine that comes out in print once a week. It's the Web site, it's the festival, it's our mobile application - all these things - and what they stand for and what they mean.