You can't operate a company by fear because the way to eliminate fear is to avoid criticism. And the way to avoid criticism is to do nothing.
Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom because you're on the front lines.
Here's my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books because if...
I never laugh or smile when I am writing. When I come home for lunch after...
Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the...
I'm horrible in the mornings. I'm grumpy.
Just get out. Just leave.
It was honestly, it was torture.