You know the sting of losing or not getting something you badly want. When that happens show what you are made of.

I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.

A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life's ups and downs. Laughing at yourself always helps.

The Obama administration has had seven criminal leak investigations. That is more than twice the number of any previous administration in our history. It's on a scale never seen before. This is the most secretive White House that, at least as a journalist, I have ever dealt with.

What I hold dear is well-known to all of my colleagues. And, really, The Times is the kind of place, the greatest journalism doesn't just pop forth from our heads. It's, you know, a group of people, and the great ideas bubble up from the reporters to their editors and get to us.

If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth.

The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isnt true.