Precious was one of a large number of people on the street, many of whom appeared to be women; some, like Precious, actually were.

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that talks.

If you gather a lot of stuff, then you write it, write in scenes with dialogue. Somewhere in the middle, rising from all this research like strong metal towers, is your opinions.

A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that you found out about, and you put it down and in a matter of hours it becomes a product. Not just a product like a can or something. It is a personal product that people, a lot of people, take the time to sit down and read.

Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me.

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy that nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit.

The test of a good idea is its ability to last through a hangover