People Think They Have To Be Ambitious.

There Are Similarities Between Being An Editor And A Tailor. Tailors Have A Vast Supply Of Fabrics, Buttons And Thread At Their Disposal And Put It Together To Make A Whole. That's What An Editor Does - Looks At Society At A Given Time And Pulls Together The Interesting Aspects Into A Single Issue Each Month.

I Walk Down The Street And People Don't Go, 'my God, There He Is.' I Lead As Normal A Life As You Can Lead In New York City.

In 2004, I Wrote 'what We've Lost,' A Book About The Bush Administration. It Sold Only Reasonably Well, In Part, I Think, Because The Book Was A Horrific Downer, An Unrelenting Account Of The Administration's Actions, Bungles, Deceptions, Half-truths, Untruths, And Downright Corruptions.

Every Man In The Back Of Their Minds Would Like To Own A Bar Or A Racehorse.

Only Institutions That Go About The Old-fashioned Business Of Taking In Deposits From Customer A And Lending Them Out To Customer B Should Be Called Banks. The Rest Should Call Themselves What They Are. 'parlors' Would Be Appropriate, Or 'dens' - Words More Suitable To Venerable Betting Pursuits.