“I sometimes compare press officers to riflemen on the Somme — mowing down wave upon wave of distortion, taking out rank upon rank of supposition, deduction and gossip.”

Confidentiality is the nature of all governments. Of course you may say, the government will always want to communicate the good news; things which bring satisfaction, cheer, help or pleasure to voters. And of course, you are right, governments are not masochists by nature.

The media … is like an oil painting. Close up, it looks like nothing on Earth. Stand back and you get the drift.

Blood sport is brought to its ultimate refinement in the gossip columns.

History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true.

Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren’t present.

I don’t have a negative bone in my body. That’s why I could care less about any gossip. It doesn’t interest me. I’d rather sit down and write a song.

There are male as well as female gossips.

Hey, bro…So there’s like 7,000 paparazzi outside. Maybe two of you guys can roll over, and one of you can grab the Ferrari, and then we can just split? Thanks, bro.

No bodyguard can ever protect us from the gossips; because in the case of gossip, we are beaten in our absence!

Gossip is the Devil’s radio.

Some outlets shouldn’t even call themselves news providers; they’re just entertainment gossip without any sort of accountability or fact-checking.