A historian is not always a prophet facing backwards, but a journalist is always someone who afterwards knew everything beforehand.

Not greeting people isn't enough. One also doesn't greet people one doesn't know.

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.

The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood.

A good writer does not receive anywhere near the number of poison-pen letters that is commonly assumed. Among a hundred jackassesthere are not ten who will admit to being jackasses, and at most one who will put it in writing.

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.

I would have stage-fright if I had to speak with every one of the people before whom I speak.