To write an article about someone and then to have that person murdered is disturbing. — Laurence Shames Copy Share Image
Why are we inspired by another person's courage? Maybe because it gives us the sweet and genuine surprise of discovering some trace, at least, of the same courage in ourselves. — Laurence Shames Copy Share Image
I never intended to be a journalist. Frankly, I don't think I ever was a journalist. I backed into it. — Laurence Shames Copy Share Image
“You have reached the home and workplace of Roberto Natchez. I do not often take calls. I make no promise to return them. I… — Laurence Shames Copy Share Image
All of us ambitious young writers hoped to have a cover story in Esquire, of course. The idea was to write the best, most… — Laurence Shames Copy Share Image
I loved seeing my name in print, I loved seeing my words in print. I felt really privileged to be in the kind of… — Laurence Shames Copy Share Image
When it became clear that Lennon was not going to speak with me, it really became a how-I-didn't-get-the-story story. It was a caper. — Laurence Shames Copy Share Image
I've never written a hard journalism piece in my life. I've never wanted to do that. — Laurence Shames Copy Share Image
To write an article about someone and then to have that person murdered is disturbing. — Laurence Shames Copy Share Image
“One of the things Key West teaches is that disappointment and contentment can go together more easily than you would probably imagine.” — Laurence Shames Copy Share Image
Success and failure, we think of them as opposites, but they're really not. They're companions- the hero and sidekick. — Laurence Shames Copy Share Image
Why are we inspired by another person's courage? Maybe because it gives us the sweet and genuine surprise of discovering some trace, at least,… — Laurence Shames Copy Share Image
“An old man's errors mattered both more and less than a young man's. More because there was less time to undo them; less because… — Laurence Shames Copy Share Image
“He would be the kind of friend he wished he had, and so perhaps become worthy of having such a friend himself.” — Laurence Shames Copy Share Image
