"In the end, you as a director, of course, are the captain on the ship. You have to say, "Well, we're sailing to the left and not to the right." But, you always have to listen to everyone, because I'm not always right and other people have great ideas, too. I think that makes great moviemaking."

“Each state enjoys sovereign power.”

“Want to accomplish something, any-damn-thing? Sharpen your political skills!”

“And as Dad said to me, 'You can't always stop people from being mean. But you can stop them from making you mean.”

Source : Mike Mason (2009). “The Blue Umbrella: A Novel”, p.192, David C Cook

“Best qualification for an aspiring journalist is curiosity.”

Source : "Ask the Author Live: Rebecca Mead". Live chat, www.newyorker.com. May 28, 2010.

“A truly extraordinary work: vivid, passionate and utterly compelling. The Sound of One Hand Clapping is raw as a wound. It opens a world that is strange, brutal and poetic at once and ultimately achieves the kind of spirit-healing few novels do”

“Many journalists seem to believe that we have become little different from our enemies.”

“If you really want your hair to look good, just don't wash it for a day. That's my secret.”

“The game of golf doesn't come rushing back to you. Last week I made a couple of fundamental mistakes that I probably wouldn't have made in the heat of the battle back when I was in my heyday, and those things have got to come back.”