I was able to study 50 years of leadership theory and practicum in my master's program at Seton Hall, and it has provided the backbone of the knowledge we use every day. My undergraduate work was in journalism, and my early work as a newspaper reporter taught me how to research, write, and rewrite.

I think journalism can come from anywhere, and comedy can certainly come from anywhere.

Each genre has its own process. I'm very intuitive about poetry. I usually write first and second drafts out by hand. The other end of the spectrum is journalism, which is much more cerebral, more thought-out and planned. Fiction lies somewhere in between. I usually start intuitively but eventually I need to stop and consider structure, or research, or both.

In journalism, if there's a hole in your story you figure out a way around it because you've got a 4 p.m. deadline. It's a neat skill to have but it's deadly for literature. In literature, you need to stare at that hole, not ignore it. You need to figure it out.

Most rock journalism is people who can not write interviewing people who can not talk

Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read

This is the sickest piece of journalism I have ever seen!

Profiles aren't journalism.

The thorn in the cushion of the editorial chair.

Dealing with the media is more difficult that bathing a leper