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"Honestly, I expected to get a cold reception because of my subject matter. But when editors took a look at the story I had to tell, and saw that this was not a parochial story at all, they really warmed to it."

"Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones is dead" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive."

"The First Amendment does not guarantee the press a constitutional right of special access to information not available to the general public, nor does it cloak the inmate with special rights of freedom of speech."

"Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us."

"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera."

"As somebody who's been writing about this subject for getting on twenty years now, it's astonishing how the climate has changed in the last five years."

"If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be true. Then the more times you hear it the less likely it is to be true."

"If you want romance, fuck a journalist."

"If we're going to live as we are in a world of supply and demand, then journalists had better find a way to create a demand for good journalism."

"There is a long-standing tradition in the mainstream press of middle-of-the-road journalism that is objective and fair. I would hate to see that fall victim to a panic about the Fox effect."
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"I know what the attitudes of the readers are: These are guys who love women and respect women."

"It's important not to limit the amount of their own money that candidates can spend, but to give other people access to enough money to run competitive races."

"I defend the right of almost everything to be published... because I think that you're better off in trusting the marketplace than allowing other people to make that decision."

"Not only did I enjoy the creative side of Playboy and enjoy being surrounded by people who are curious about life, but I also love the analytical and hard business side of it."

"Billy not only had a distinguished career in the Legislature, but he also has great business instincts and has done exceedingly well making investment decisions in both stocks and private ventures such as real estate."

"But maybe because the dot-com world gives people positions at a younger age, and many women are prominent in this business, it will help change the view about who can run big companies."

"From the time that I can remember, I worked to make money - either baby-sitting, or one year wrapping gifts at a department store at Christmas, so I could have my own money."
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