“Serious loss brings you into one of the world's silent fraternities.” — Adrian Nicole LeBlanc Quote

“Serious loss brings you into one of the world's silent fraternities.”

“As a reader, when the writer gets sentimental, you drift, because there's something fishy going on there. You recognize a moment that's largely about the writer and the writer's own need to believe in something that might not in fact exist. As a reader, you think, 'Where did the story go? Where did the person I'm reading about go?'”

“My earnestness at the injustices I witnessed when I was writing 'Random Family' may have been my gravest reportorial offense during the early years of reporting. When I discuss the book with students, they often ask me how I could 'stand by' in the face of so much suffering; the egregiousness wasn't my powerlessness but my surprise.”

“Adrian Leon LeBlanc, my dad and my namesake, his keen joy in observing people and the world is the reason I became a journalist.”

“I like to say, 'You get as much story as you can take.' But you have to effectively render it.”

“For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth.”

“Wealth brings strength, strength confidence.”

“There is a great deal of reward when you do good work and people see how successful that work is and the happiness it brings to them.”

“I think Hollywood is an incredible tool to teach people. It brings stories and information to the television screen, to the movie theater screens, that people get to empathize with.”

“Each year of life brings us nearer to our decline, but I will continue to seek a listener until I'm dead in a ditch.”

“The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.”