The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

True New Yorkers do not really seek information about the outside world. They feel that if anything is not in New York it is not likely to be interesting.

Anything that isn't writing is easy

If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the impatience of one who thinks he actually owns the news you get, it is against the national interest.

What you want to do is not go to work. You're not missing a thing. The worst thing I did was start work young.

Governments mostly don't do much. And you've also got to understand the level of incompetence out there. Nobody knows what they're doing. They just pose and act as if they know and walk through life and get away with it.

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