Bill Keller Quotes

The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.

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

Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.

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

I may be the old-media id, but I think I may be entitled to some credit for being a new-media pioneer.

A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan.

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.

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

I don’t have dating tips.