J. Anthony Lukas Quotes

If the noun is good and the verb is strong, you almost never need an adjective.

I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.

The need for a non-veteran reserve became painfully obvious in the Korean war when many of the men who were being called to serve were World War II veterans participating in Ready Reserve units.

All writers, I think, are to one extent or another, damaged people. Writing is our way of repairing ourselves.