Clinton's pardoning of Marc Rich was off-the-wall.

Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express.

Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture.

What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it.

After four or five different wars, I grew weary of that work, partly because in an open war, open to coverage, as Vietnam was, it's not that difficult, really.

In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country.

BBC Radio is a never-never land of broadcasting, a safe haven from commercial considerations, a honey pot for every scholar and every hare-brained nut to stick a finger into.