"To me, the print business model is so simple, where readers pay a dollar for all the content within, and that supports the enterprise."

"I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and depth and seriousness."

"But while mum and dad were incredibly caring, it was also a very chaotic household where everyone fought about everything. So I know what it's like to internalize all that chaos."

"But Saudi Arabia is surprising in a lot of ways. Like any place, or any people, it relentlessly defies easy categorization."

"It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?"

"I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping."

"The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body."

"It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations."