"The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason."

"Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go all to pieces."

"Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond."

"I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone's imagination."

"We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government."

"I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics."

"The present moment is the only sanctuary where peace truly resides. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"If we don't end war, war will end us."