Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It's only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant.
I have no great message to the world.
I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
Six years ago, I looked at a picture of the world's greatest newspaper men. I felt like a kid in front of a candy store. Well, tonight, six years later, I got my candy - all of it. Welcome, gentlemen, to the Inquirer! Make up an extra copy of that picture and send it to the Chronicle