I like to say, 'You get as much story as you can take.' But you have to effectively render it.

The best comics enlist you to take accountability for who you are, whether you like it or not.

A big part of reporting is just being present. You have to show up ten days in a row to get the one telling detail.

As a reader, when the writer gets sentimental, you drift, because there's something fishy going on there. You recognize a moment that's largely about the writer and the writer's own need to believe in something that might not in fact exist. As a reader, you think, 'Where did the story go? Where did the person I'm reading about go?'

Serious loss brings you into one of the world's silent fraternities.

I think you end up on the lucky side, or you don't.