In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is.

Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.

Whatever he might have denied me was unimportant; it was the fact that he could deny me anything at all, even what I didn't want

If you have half a story and you don't know the rest, you use what you have to pry the rest out of someone.

Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it.

Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.