The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last.

When you're young, and even at times when you're older, it's hard to fathom this: What needs to be nurtured is the stuff that's different, that sets you apart from the pack, rather than the stuff that helps you blend in.

Military guys are rarely as smart as they think they are, and they've never gotten over the fact that civilians run the military.

Celebrity is the religion of our time.

Women are affected by lunar tides only once a month; men have raging hormones every day.

Reagan didn't socialize with the press. He spent his evenings with Nancy, watching TV with dinner trays. But he knew that to transcend, you can't condescend.