Words are such a poor medium when you really want someone to feel something.

I can't think in terms of journalism without thinking in terms of political ends. Unless there's been a reaction, there's been no journalism. It's cause and effect.

I'll call New York for some cash.

If you get people asking the wrong questions, you don't have to worry about the answers.

I guess I'm just courtly until people get in my way. You'll find most Southerners are like that.

Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist.

Nixon was a bad loser. He hated losing worse than death, and that is why I enjoyed him. We were both football fans, both addicts; and on some days, nothing else mattered.