A basic rule of life for reporters is that you should spend your time talking with and learning about people who are not sending you press releases, rather than those who are. – James Fallows
Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them. – James Fallows
Over the eons Ive been a fan of, and sucker for, each latest automated system to simplify and bring order to my life. Very early on this led me to the beautiful-and-doomed Lotus Agenda for my DOS computers, and Actioneer for the early Palm. – James Fallows
Theres no longer any surprise in noting that China has grave environmental problems. – James Fallows
For one seldom hears a genuine laugh nowadays, and much of the phraseology of laughter is a mere fashion of speech. There are many people whose sides have never ached from over-indulgence in the outward expression of mirth…. With some persons a wheeze or a chuckle is the utmost they can compass. – “Laughter,” in The Spectator for the week ending Saturday, January 19, 1889