If Franz Kafka were alive today he'd be writing about customer service.

- Jonathan Alter

Every patient reacts a little differently, both biologically and psychologically. The only constant in cancer is inconstancy; the only certainty is a…

- Jonathan Alter

It sometimes takes a while for executives to figure out that the reporters they think of as little bugs to be squashed or spun can be more powerful t…

- Jonathan Alter

I think it's a terrible system, but money in politics is like water running downhill -- it finds its way.

- Jonathan Alter

The price of loyalty is incompetence.

- Jonathan Alter

The only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics

- Jonathan Alter

The basic problem is with the business model of journalism. That business model is premised on the idea that talk is cheap and reporting is expensive.

- Jonathan Alter

With his ABC News experience, perhaps Pierre Salinger's next job could be cohosting-with Oliver Stone-a 24-hour Conspiracy Network.

- Jonathan Alter

If it's easy for the government to learn about us, it should be easier for us to learn about the government.

- Jonathan Alter