The Number One Rule Of Thieves Is

The Number One Rule Of Thieves Is That Nothing Is Too Small To Steal.

If A Man, For Private Profit, Tears At The Public News, Does So With The Impatience Of One Who Thinks He Actually Owns The News You Get, It Is Against The National Interest.

A Job On A Newspaper Is A Special Thing. Every Day You Take Something That You Found Out About, And You Put It Down And In A Matter Of Hours It Becomes A Product. Not Just A Product Like A Can Or Something. It Is A Personal Product That People, A Lot Of People, Take The Time To Sit Down And Read.

Precious Was One Of A Large Number Of People On The Street, Many Of Whom Appeared To Be Women; Some, Like Precious, Actually Were.

I Became A Copy Boy. Not For Long. I Started Writing Stories.