Bill Keller Quotes

My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.

Everything is accessible to everyone all the time, and I think there are wondrous things to treasure with what the Internet has made available to journalists. But I think it’s also had some effects that are less pleasant. It has chipped away at a sense of privacy and secrecy.

You don’t want to go around willy-nilly suing news organizations. That’s probably self-defeating.

I’m convinced that the most important division in human affairs is probably not the one between left and right, liberal and conservative. It’s the one between zealotry and understanding, between absolute conviction and compromise, between preachers and politicians.

Twitter and Facebook are brilliant- tools, the journalistic uses of which are still being plumbed. They are great for disseminating interesting material. They are useful for gathering information, including from places that are inaccessible.

I make a joke that I’m the Internet curmudgeon, but ‘wary’ is a good way to put it.

Liberation movements – operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially – thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.

One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.

A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan.

Most recently, the president’s reluctance to offend Senator Rick Santorum – a Catholic theocrat who believes that states should have the power to arrest gay lovers in their bedrooms, or even to criminalize couples who use contraceptives – was an occasion to wonder what, exactly, Mr. Bush was born-again into.

Choosing my favorite moment in journalism would be like picking a favorite among my children. I can’t pick one favorite.

I don’t have dating tips.