Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.

At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly.

A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender.

The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story.

What makes a good writer of history is a guy who is suspicious. Suspicion marks the real difference between the man who wants to write honest history and the one who'd rather write a good story.

Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.

Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18.