So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes.... TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium.

God spare me sclerosis of the curiosity, for the curiosity which craves to keep us informed about the small things no less than the large is the mainspring, the dynamo, the jet propulsion of all complete living.

The more I observed Washington, the more frequently I visited it, and the more people I interviewed there, the more I understood how prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid it out as a city that goes around in circles.

Most people spend most of their days doing what they do not want to do in order to earn the right, at times, to do what they may desire.

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.

I have lived long enough to be battered by the realities of life, and not too long to be downed by them.

Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who are forever trying to invest themselves with importance by calling important people by their first names in or out of print. Such first-naming for effect makes me cringe.