"Perhaps nothing in all my business has helped me more than faith in my fellow man. From the very first I felt confident that I could trust the great, friendly public. So I told it quite simply what I thought, what I felt, what I was trying to do. And the response was quick, sure, and immediate."

“It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing their imperfections.”

“When we [the Braves] won the World Series in '95, I went nuts. I mean, that was my team.”

“Real crime-beat investigative journalism does seem to be really dwindling, especially in this age with everything being centered around iPhones. Everyone's a journalist today, essentially. Every pedestrian on the street has the potential of capturing a big story on their mobile device and then selling it and making a lot of money.”

“It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?”

“I'd been raised by my parents who taught me not to think you're better than you are.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“One of the criticisms I make is to what I refer to as more of a libertarianish right . . . This whole idea of personal autonomy, well I don’t think most conservatives hold that point of view. Some do. They have this idea that people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do . . . Well, that is not how traditional conservatives view the world . . .”

Source : "A Win-Win Election" by James Taranto, www.wsj.com. January 4, 2012.

“Mere words will not do. They must convey the color, charm, and pulse of life. They must have a private twinkle of wit in them that makes a good-natured noise like laughter through the keyhole of the reader's mind.”

“It's not a bad thing for a writer not to feel at home. Writers - we're much more comfortable at parties standing in the corner watching everybody else having a good time than we are mingling.”