I condemn everything [Ye] stands for right now. I’ve said that from when he first put on the MAGA hat...He's one of the greatest musicians ever, one of the greatest creative visionaries, but he’s destroyed so much within a couple of months. Don’t challenge DJ Semtex...
"We’ve already had a Clinton in the White House. We know exactly what’s going to happen...This is like House of Cards. Frank Underwood doesn’t work alone, he works with his wife." Who does Abby Martin think she is? She's white. American. She has her own TV show. She's...
"Everybody reads, but I read like a maniac. I go deep down inside the text and bind it into my heart so that it has an influence on my own writing. When I write a piece, I am making myself so close to the language that it is super intense and super exhausting." In...
"For a kid, having a Halloween birthday really makes you feel unique, and being a red-head, you are unique...From the time I could think about who I was, I felt that I was not like everyone else." Only Halloween could birth one of history's most...
"L. Ron Hubbard does not have the neurological excuse for the declining quality of his work. I think it can only be attributed to the fact that he was a colossal asshole." Cory Doctorow attended four universities but never completed a degree. Today, the Toronto...
"I got messages, threats, delivered two or three times. You never take those seriously. The people who are going to kill you don’t send messages, they send bullets." Patagonia, Arizona boasts one the best bird watching experiences in the world. It's a place American...
"I've come close to the possibility of getting killed occasionally...I've been mortared, I've had a house destroyed by rockets, I've been chuck bombed, I've been shot at. But whatever, it's not very frightening. " William Langewiesche is a very lucky man....
"When you're wearing a great suit you don't feel it, it fits you so perfectly because it's measured again and again to achieve a finality. That's what good writing is, it's well tailored." For the past 50 plus years, Gay Talese has been meticulously and painstakingly...
"Celine Dion has a huge international following...So, it isn't surprising that a Senegalese man would know of, and admire, her. But, to have this come from an Al-Qaeda captor in the Sahara Desert, some weeks into our captivity, was so bizarre." ...
"'Use a condom', and 'Don't eat any salads'. I think that's the best advice you can give anyone in Africa. " After nearly 19 years reporting on some of the most dire situations in Africa, it's great to see that British journalist and author Michela Wrong still has a...
"You break down every major conflict on this continent, and you'll find at the very root of it the same thing. I think that's one of the things, collectively, journalists have let the world down in. It's been lazy, cliche journalism that has led to some gross...
"Look, it’s been four years and a lot has happened in my life in that time, not least of which has been rebuilding my journalism career from ‘scratch’. That’s taken a lot of hard work and sacrifice, and every day is a reminder that...