Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tina Brown

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.

Gabriele Nanni

Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.

Daniel Okrent

Right, but there's expertise and then there's inside information. And I think we have to make a distinction.

Daniel Okrent

Gail didn't want me commenting on the opinion pages. I was hired by the news department and, despite the rabid assertions of the Times' enemies and detractors, the two really have nothing to do with each other.

Daniel Okrent

I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don't know what I'm talking about.

Margaret Anderson

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.

Margaret Anderson

I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country.

Margaret Anderson

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

Margaret Anderson

I have always fought for ideas - until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten.

Christina Baker Kline

I think a lot of readers are looking for a book they can talk about.

Amy Bloom

I find my readers to be very smart, and there is no reason to write dumb.

Dionne Bromfield

The papers are only going to show what they want the readers to see. It's all propaganda, to be honest.

John Oates

I've been asked to do various types of cruises.

Kevin Hall

We will be considering the views of the various stakeholders.

Ed Gillespie

Our party may have swung too far right at various times.