66 Quotes by Charles M. Blow

Being a world leader is less about destiny than focused determination, and it is there that we have faltered.

Different is not deviant, no matter what the world may say. You have the moral obligation to love yourself.

You don’t become a teacher to make a world of money. You become a teacher to make a world of difference.

When I was a freshman in college, I went to a broadcast class by mistake. The first day, the instructor said, "Television anchors sound like they could be from everywhere and nowhere." From that point on, every time I was near an anchor, when no one was around, they would say something and I would say it right after them. It was this effort to get rid of my accent.

Concealment makes the soul a swamp. Confession is how you drain it.

I had an insanely long commute - New York to D.C. - when I worked at 'National Geographic.' I hate to waste time, so I spent my time by writing about my life on the premise that I might be able to pitch those as short essays to magazines. It wasn't until later that I realized that I was writing a book.

An illustration is a visual editorial – its just as nuanced. Everything that goes into it is a call you make: every color, every line weight, every angle.

The internet is ruthless. And people are very, very happy to let you know when they don’t like something.

I know that life, I’ve done all those things, and I can still tell you that just being you is perfectly fine.