To be successful, you've got to get the kind of torque that's created by a push and a pull.

Does Rupert like me? I think so, but it doesn't matter. When I go up to the magic room in the sky every three months, if my numbers are right, I get to live. If not, I'm killed. Our relationship isn't about love-it's about arithmetic. Survival means hitting your numbers. I've met or exceeded mine in 56 straight quarters. The reason is: I treat Rupert's money like it is mine.

When a guy has his ego hurt, he's liable to jump into a fight he doesn't need to have.

I would advise people occasionally to take the media on, but only when you know it's a manufactured product and not a news interview.

The candidates that can’t face Fox, can’t face al Qaeda.

They [NPR] are, of course, Nazis. They have a kind of Nazi attitude. They are the left wing of Nazism. These guys don't want any other point of view. They don't even feel guilty using tax dollars to spout their propaganda. They are basically Air America with government funding to keep them alive.

I grew up in the era when Dan Rather hated Richard Nixon. He was a newsman, but you knew what his opinion was.