Morley Safer

The Bush Cabinet is quite interesting, there are no flashy people in there. No stars. They all seem quite focused and serious and knowledgeable about the areas to which they have been appointed.

You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times.

McNamara's plea was that he had no idea that Vietnam had a history of longing for self-determination, a history of resisting foreign invasion.

I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.

I'm a guy who's passionate about singing, but I can't sing for crap.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.