A publisher should always be on the receiving end. He should take an interest in almost any subject and remain anonymous, letting the author take center stage.

Some people think that doctors and nurses can put scrambled eggs back in the shell.

I am a publisher-a hybrid creature: one part stargazer, one part gambler, one part businessman, one part midwife and three parts optimist.

Rules are not improved by sloganeering, fact-free letter-writing campaigns, or special pleading from interest groups.

Concerned about re-election, interest-group reactions, the media, or fundraising, many legislators have found it in their interest to refuse to cooperate with members of the opposing party - or to treat them as enemies in some kind of war, in which the whole point is to defeat and humiliate them. But the American people have been the real losers.

In order to get what you want, you must first decide what you want. Most people really foul up at this crucial first step because they simply can't see how it's possible to get what they want, so they don't even let themselves want it.