I, alas, must present myself somewhat ignominiously as a chef in a busy kitchen. Somewhere a novel is bubbling on a back burner, an old attempt at history may come out of the freezer.

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.

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

I class myself as a manual laborer.

Those 40 or 50 national correspondents who had followed Kennedy since the beginning of his electoral exertions into the November days had become more than a press corps - they had become his friends and, some of them, his most devoted admirers.

A President and his wise men can only propose; but Congress disposes. It is when President and Congress agree that American history marches forward.

There are two kinds of editors, those who correct your copy and those who say it's wonderful.