Power in America today is control of the means of communication.

It is almost nicer being a godfather than a father, like having white mice but making your nanny feed them for you.

Politics in America is the binding secular religion.

The best time to listen to a politician is when he's on a stump on a street corner in the rain late at night when he's exhausted. Then he doesn't lie.

With electricity we were wired into a new world, for electricity brought the radio, a "crystal set" and with enough ingenuity, one could tickle the crystal with a cat's whisker and pick up anything.

He who is created by television can be destroyed by television.

When a reporter sits down at the typewriter, he’s nobody’s friend.