By virtue of some of the ways the game is played, in terms of message discipline, in terms of access for reporters, and especially in the way that sources and subjects, especially famous subjects, treat the media, almost by default there's more news that's falling into books.

The fact is, most journalists I know are not particularly political. They move around a lot.

Reaching out to any fellow ghetto kids is an act he puts in the same category as doing drugs: the initial rush of warmth and euphoria puts you on a path to ruin.

All of the leading terrorism experts are clear on one thing: that in terms of protecting America, we are almost never going to know a place or a time of an attack.

Every person has their pantheon - the Bible, Hollywood, Shakespeare - their way of understanding the world.

It's exciting to work with the kids so devoid of irony, so unguarded. And also terrifying

Choose your words meticulously and then let them rumble up from some deep furnace of conviction.