When Duty Calls, That Is When Character

Never Put The Story In The Lead. Let 'em Have A Hot Shot Of Ambiguity Right Between The Eyes.

Never Look For The Story In The 'lede.' Reporters Are Required To Put What's Happened Up Top, But The Practiced Pundit Places A Nugget Of News, Even A Startling Insight, Halfway Down The Column, Directed At The Politiscenti. When Pressed For Time, The Savvy Reader Starts There.

The Most Successful Column Is One That Causes The Reader To Throw Down The Paper In A Peak Of Fit.

Some Handsome And Ambitious Men Believe They Are Above All Morality, And A Woman's Virtue Becomes A Mere Challenge To Them.

I Could Get A Better Education Interviewing John Steinbeck Than Talking To An English Professor About Novels.