“In the nineteen-thirties, one in four Americans got their news from Wi...” — Jill Lepore Quote

In the nineteen-thirties, one in four Americans got their news from William Randolph Hearst, who lived in a castle and owned twenty-eight newspapers in nineteen cities.

When business became big business - conglomerates employing hundreds and even thousands of people - companies divided themselves into still smaller units.

In the trunk of her car, my mother used to keep a collapsible easel, a clutch of brushes, a little wooden case stocked with tubes of paint, and, tucked into the spare-tire well, one of my father's old, tobacco-stained shirts, for a smock.

A problem with a president who leads by stirring the moral sentiments of voters is that he has got to keep stirring them.

Even when I'm sitting up in this glass castle, I still got my street soldiers telling me what's happening.

Regardless of any experiences in the past, for me it really is important to be engrossed in as much of the creative process as I possibly can. I was surprised with how much the eight years I spent on 'Castle' actually serviced that. I ended up, in a way, having a free education on that show.

A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside is more often his nursery.

The first Westerns I saw as a child were those little 8-mm. home movies put out by Castle Films.

From where they stood, they could see the castle.