It was a wonderful combination for a reporter, the exterior so comforting, the interior so driven.

Even in a hostile press conference with hostile questions there was drama, and he could benefit from the drama and the hostility. He mastered the greatest art of television, appearing to be spontaneous without in fact being spontaneous.

All professions have some element of theater to them.

They (the media) found little quality of depth to him, that when she said on the platform with that which he said to them in private. The qualities of introspection and reflectiveness that they particularly treasured were missing.

Mohr was one of the most talented people on the staff of Time, in print as well as in person—the two are often different.

He was the rarest of things, a Republican with sex appeal.