You don't need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich.
Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.
The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth.
Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.
In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.
I wrote about Bosnia at the time. Somebody looked out their window and saw gangsters coming down the street and doing ethnic cleansing. I said that was the thing that would happen in the future, someone phoning in what they were seeing on the scene. Whether it's the Huffington Post, the Daily Beast, Drudge Report or the BBC, all those reports, you have to assume there's a real person [who] has credibility.
The democratization of news is fine and splendid, but it's not reporting. It's based on a fragment of information picked up from television or the web, and people are sounding off about something that's not necessarily true.
. . . you expect me to fall on my back with my legs spread. " "Not necessarily. . . . You can fall on your hands and knees if you prefer. Or against the wall. Or on the kitchen counter. I suppose I might let you be on top, if you make it worth my while.
Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints.
Sometimes the moments that challenge us the most, define us.
The world wants us to be who we truly are, not who we think others want us to be.