What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.

I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.

I'd much rather wear out than rust out.

Always marry a woman from Texas. No matter how tough things get, she's seen tougher.

Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.

This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make mistakes. With more than 50 years as a journalist, I have at least had the opportunity to blow more stories, make more mistakes than maybe anybody in television.