Scott Anderson People Quotations

As a journalist, I try to avoid talking to American diplomats, because I am stunned again and again by just how little grasp they have of what people are really feeling in a country. Especially CIA guys. Maybe they're just really good at playing stupid, but I don't think so.

Wages have been having trouble keeping pace with inflation. You might be growing more jobs, and there may be more vacancies, but employers have been extremely reluctant to increase wages to lure people back into the job market.

Expectations have definitely dropped. A lot of people are clinging to jobs they might not enjoy doing just for the sake of job security.

I wanted to display something people might see at the Riparian Preserve, or at least in Arizona.

You can't underestimate the value of energy and buzz. Those things bring people through the door.