‘The image of the newspaperman as a suave but ballsy individual who, whisky in hand, wires copy to a smoke-filled newsroom is now incredibly remote’

'In the Old World, a leader is criticised — and quits — for being too emotional. In the New World, a leader is criticised for not being emotional enough'

'Don't believe what they say about California: it is still the matrix for our civilisation'

'Should we treat assimilation not as a taboo subject but as an opportunity?'