We really care about photography at Vanity Fair.

Magazine stories, the best ones anyway, are generally a combination of three elements: access, narrative, and disclosure.

Former vice president Al Gore has devoted his post-administration years to a mission to tell the world about global warming. It's funny, but in his civilian life Gore has discovered the voice that voters had trouble hearing when he ran for president in 2000. The voice he has found is clear, impassioned, and moving.

Water-boarding can result in damage to the lungs and the brain, as well as long-term psychological trauma.

I might wear a dinner jacket once a year to our Oscar party - that's a big thing - but I don't go to parties. I'm social but I'm not a socialite person.

Television has the obvious benefits of regularity and intimacy.

The fact is, unlike a lot of writers, I credit the people who help me. A lot of writers out there have a ton of researchers and they don't get credited in the book.