Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive. – Scott Adams
When I was 14, I felt very rundown I had a home to go to, but I felt like I was 60 or something, older than I feel now. And I dont know if its something that happens at 14, or whether it was adolescence or whether I was gay, or closeted gay, or whatever it was, I felt that. – Gus Van Sant
To own the dominant, or only, newspaper in a mid-sized American city was, for many decades, a kind of license to print money. In the Internet age, however, no one has figured out how to rescue the newspaper in the United States or abroad. – Eric Alterman
