Wearing hats has become like fine art for me.

I love to run smart essays and commentary. But it doesn't replace the other kind of reporting

I just wanted to have fun for myself - I felt I had a lot to say, and I realized that I missed having a magazine as a place to express my ideas. The Times column is a place for me to unload those perceptions

Powerful women always interpret hostility as unrequited love.

What's interesting about the Taliban, is they're more afraid of educating girls than they are of drones. One educated girl is more scary to the Taliban than a drone.

I think for a young journalist, it's better to write for the Web at the moment than it is for print

I'm trying to be entertaining without being mean