Love is so fragile and so often fatal. I am amazed when people are brave enough to risk it.

Friends are family you choose.

Where I come from these days, anybody who isn't seeing a therapist needs to.

In the criminal justice system you see the worst people on their best behavior, unlike the civil system, where the best people behave at their worst.

Books are like your children. They take nine months to write; the manuscript weighs six pounds and...you send them out into the world and hope that some day they'll send back money.

Every once in a while, there comes a story. A story that blows your mind. One where you know you've made a difference. That's what makes it all worthwhile. That and the anticipation. It's addictive, because you never know when it will happen, but when it does, nothing in the world is as important.

I always warn aspiring reporters to observe three basic rules: 1. Never trust an editor. 2. Never trust an editor. 3. Never trust an editor.