There's a huge generational gap between the Soviet-school journalists and the new journalists. We were not brought up working on propaganda; we were brought up in the new Russia, working on the news.
I have never had an unsupportive female boss. I've had several female bosses. They've all been super supportive.
Victimhood, in the intersectional way of seeing the world, is akin to sainthood; power and privilege are profane.
I love ballet because you can see how beautiful the body is.
I think some people still don't really know what ethical fashion is.
Before Enron, I think people were a bit more naive about the way things worked, and I think Enron pulled the curtain back on unsavoury practices that turned out to be a lot more widespread.
I've pretty much stopped using a laptop because I'm not line-editing a lot of things anymore.
Parents really just need support and not to be blamed and not to have fingers pointed at them.
Right, but there's expertise and then there's inside information. And I think we have to make a distinction.
Journalism is in fact history on the run.
At Knopf, we look at each book on a case-by-case basis... in some cases, we think a writer might get a boost from an endorsement by a fellow writer, but in other cases, a new book will be better...
You can verify that in news meetings I sometimes say, 'This is skewed too far to the left,' or 'The mix of stories seems overweeningly appealing to a reader with a certain set of sensibilities, and it...
We've been using 'rejuvenate,' meaning to restore youth, to make young again, as a verb for at least 200 years.
I noticed that mainstream western TV channels, especially CNN and ABC, show the same thing.
I do see myself as someone who has a lot of story ideas.
RT did not support Trump.
There is room in today's world for men to wear dresses.
Twitter is like overhearing people's conversations, which is exactly what dictionary editors have been wishing we could do for years.
We do have our mistakes sometimes, like 'The New York Times' does, like everything does. We correct them.
The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.
Home cooks are finding inspiration in the past, digging up centuries-old recipes more familiar to the likes of Thomas Jefferson than Thomas Keller.
I can't stress this enough: The single thing that will guarantee a happy, fulfilled, and calmer life is the quality of your human relationships, especially the people you love and who love you back.
Choices of right or wrong are not presented to you in black and white. If they were, I'm sure most people would choose white.
I love curvy women. Maybe because I'm not. I would love to be a Marilyn Monroe, but I'm very far away from that... So I love very curvy girls.
Running - it keeps me balanced, energetic, and primed for pasta intake.
The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.
I don't pretend I know everything.
Independent booksellers tend to have good taste and big mouths.
Digital has really made the fashion industry a lot more transparent. So people can see and understand how the industry really works, and participate in an industry that was very inaccessible to...
I don't think the woman in French 'Vogue' was an object. She was always a real woman.
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You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.
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The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and...
You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.
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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.