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I think as journalists, we have to keep our distance from power.

A journalist enjoys a privileged position. In exchange for not being able to participate in the rough-and-tumble issues of a community, we are given license to observe it all, based on the understanding that we'll tell everyone what happens fairly and squarely. That's harder than it sounds.

Journalists couldn't do their jobs overseas without taking risks, and the same is true for diplomats and intelligence officers.

Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.

Journalists hold themselves apart, and above, the common person. They have rules designed to ensure their objectivity and impartiality.

Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.

Journalism, as concerns collecting information, differs little if at all from intelligence work. In my judgment, a journalist's job is very interesting.

The fact is that in a way, journalists become a kind of default in the system when you don't have substantive two-party back-and-forth inside of the government.

There's many heroic underappreciated investigative journalists.

There are still journalists who risk their lives in situations of conflict, versus those who sit behind a desk at 'News of the World' to report on whether someone is going out with somebody or not.