And you can't really cover people critically that you're friends with..

So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's just more going on. It's an adjunct to the written word,….

I was in college for two years, and just hated it in the '60s..

It's not a good thing to be friends with people you're covering. There's just no point in doing it. It's tempting, but they're not going to consider ….

Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a beautiful thing you can hand in..

Whomever you're going to interview, you have to be interested in what it is you want to know from them. You have to be interested in the subject..

Well, a lead is the most important thing about the story..