I wouldn't write any kind of book without a contract and an advance. You can't invest that amount of time and effort without one.

Why can't a state that launches cosmonauts into space provide enough eggs and milk for its city children during the winter months?

No one can be certain where a nation which spans two continents, whose history begins in the faint traces of early civilization, a nation now struggling to find a new and valid philosophy of existence, will be propelled by the transcendental forces of the nuclear age.

I think that it is a great achievement to put a person on the moon. But to put a person on the earth-that is even more.

By the way, I understand that now you can have the Times delivered to your door here in the Twin Cities.

There is no shortcut to life. To the end of our days, life is a lesson imperfectly learned.

Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get it later on.