A Hero Is Someone We Can Admire

I Don't Give You Editorial Control. I Want To Meet You. I Want To Interview Everybody Who's Ever Known You. I Want To See Your Correspondence. I Want To See Your Bank Statements. But You Will Have No Control Over What I Write. That's Why I Really Believe In The Unauthorized Biography.

People Forget That Unauthorized Does Not Mean Untrue And Authorized Does Not Mean Authentic.

Once I Decide To Do Something, I Can't Have People Telling Me I Can't. If There's A Roadblock, You Jump Over It, Walk Around It, Crawl Under It.

I Admired Eugene Mccarthy’s Courage And Although I Left His Senate Staff After Four Years To Accept A Job As The Researcher On The Editorial Page Of The Washington Post, I Remained An Admirer.

I Tend To Place My Own Value In Spirituality Rather Than Religiosity.