Fame is morally neutral.

People say conversation is a lost art; how often I have wished it were.

If radio news is to be regarded as a commodity, only acceptable when saleable, then I don't care what you call it - I say it isn't news.

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.

If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an organization that advocated "change," we would all be the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants.

The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.

One of the basic troubles with radio and television news is that both instruments have grown up as an incompatible combination of show business, advertising and news. Each of the three is a rather bizarre and demanding profession. And when you get all three under one roof, the dust never settles.