“Some day I'd like to cover a war in a country as ugly as war itself.”

“To me, the summer wind in the Midwest is one of the most melancholy things in all life. It comes from so far away and blows so gently and yet so relentlessly; it rustles the leaves and the branches of the maple trees in a sort of symphony of sadness, and it doesn't pass on and leave them still. It just keeps coming, like the infinite flow of Old Man River. You could -- and you do -- wear out your lifetime on the dusty plains with that wind of futility blowing in your face. And when you are worn out and gone, the wind -- still saying nothing, still so gentle and sad and timeless -- is still blowing across the prairies, and will blow in the faces of the little men who follow you, forever.”

“There are no atheists in the foxhole.”

“It's a beautiful day for a ballgame - let's play two!”

“I will say that all it takes is one group of wrong-minded people with a bad idea that, in retrospect, sounded like a good one at the time.”

“Creativity is the joy of not knowing it all.”

“Television – a medium. So called because it is neither rare not well done. ”