Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world.

The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces and controls working in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. There is no such thing as a gliding helicopter.

We're all controlled neurotics.

Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world.

When 25 percent of the population believe the President should be impeached and 51 percent of the population believe in UFOs, you may or may not need a new President, but you definitely need a new population

If you're a good journalist, what you do is live a lot of things vicariously, and report them for other people who want to live vicariously.

The thing is helicopters are different from airplanes An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or incompetent piloting, it will fly