I'm an ex-'Globe' guy. My friends are depicted in 'Spotlight.' — Mitchell Zuckoff Friends Copy Share Image
There are very few people whose names come to symbolize their achievement, even if it's a negative achievement. — Mitchell Zuckoff Achievement Copy Share Image
As a journalist, you're always worried, 'Did I get the full story?' — Mitchell Zuckoff Always Copy Share Image
More people will watch 'Spotlight' than will ever read the 'Globe' series that inspired it. — Mitchell Zuckoff More Copy Share Image
Nathaniel Philbrick's 'In the Heart of the Sea' has rightfully taken its place as a classic for its literary merits. It has… — Mitchell Zuckoff Cannibalism Copy Share Image
Every swindle is driven by a desire for easy money; it's the one thing the swindler and the swindled have in common. — Mitchell Zuckoff Common Copy Share Image
We all should respect Chris Stevens, who dedicated his life to trying to improve relations between the Arab world and the western… — Mitchell Zuckoff Life Copy Share Image
Bob Altman got nothing from the TV series 'M*A*S*H,' and the royalties for the theme song went to his oldest son, Michael,… — Mitchell Zuckoff Bob Copy Share Image
It's not that you make a psychopath. They are - more likely, they come out that way, and they show their stripes… — Mitchell Zuckoff Come Copy Share Image
No Ponzi schemer tells anyone exactly how it works. The purpose of a Ponzi scheme is to trick people, to take the… — Mitchell Zuckoff How Copy Share Image
While researching the book, I used the Freedom of Information Act to request what the military calls Individual Deceased Personnel Files for… — Mitchell Zuckoff Act Copy Share Image
I think more and more, in places like Benghazi, in places like Iran, we have to be asking the question, can we… — Mitchell Zuckoff Government Copy Share Image
I've remained in touch with more than a dozen descendants of Gremlin Special survivors, victims, and rescuers. I treasured my friendship with… — Mitchell Zuckoff Friendship Copy Share Image
The State Department has promised they will never have another temporary mission facility like the one in Benghazi that is so lightly… — Mitchell Zuckoff Goals Copy Share Image
My favorite pre-Ponzi schemer was known as '520 Percent Miller' because he promised 10 percent returns a week, or 520 percent a… — Mitchell Zuckoff Investing Copy Share Image
Ponzi and all of his successors tap into a fundamental part of human nature. One part of our brain tells us this… — Mitchell Zuckoff Brain Copy Share Image
This is not a documentary. Are there essential truths that are captured by this movie? I think unquestionably the answer is yes.… — Mitchell Zuckoff Books Copy Share Image
I know that plenty of folks have issues with Social Security, but I'd urge them to confront it on its own terms.… — Mitchell Zuckoff Calling Copy Share Image
For starters, let's dispense with the cheap jokes about cannibalism. That means cracks about giving an arm and a leg - sorry… — Mitchell Zuckoff Arms Copy Share Image
Acting on the theory that sometimes luck is better than work, I randomly called several people named Dattilo in Kentucky. All were… — Mitchell Zuckoff Acting Copy Share Image
“Despite shared language, ethnicity, and culture, alliances nurtured deep, long-standing hostilities toward one another, the original source of which was often unknown.… — Mitchell Zuckoff Far side Copy Share Image
Most travel disasters turn into something else: a story of survival, a story of bravery, of heroism, sometimes villainy. You just don't… — Mitchell Zuckoff Courage Copy Share Image
“In every immediate way, the natives had the upper hand. They outnumbered the survivors by more than ten to one. They were… — Mitchell Zuckoff Outnumbered Copy Share Image
We've suffered a 'Ponzification' of the economy in recent years, as bubbles have built up and then burst, and each time we… — Mitchell Zuckoff Bubbles Copy Share Image
The combination of Ponzi's huge personality and the enormous if brief success of his scheme, combined with the tremendous publicity which surrounded… — Mitchell Zuckoff Combination Copy Share Image
Fear is something i don't you experience unless you have a choice. If you have a choice, you're liable to be afraid.… — Mitchell Zuckoff Afraid Copy Share Image
“Fear is something I don’t think you experience unless you have a choice. If you have a choice, then you’re liable to… — Mitchell Zuckoff Fear Copy Share Image
Sending a book out into the world is a lot like sending your child to the first day of kindergarten. You hope… — Mitchell Zuckoff Book Copy Share Image
I wanted to talk face-to-face with as many people as would see me. Some actors were so busy they could only give… — Mitchell Zuckoff Busy Copy Share Image
When running a Ponzi scheme, how does one avoid enormous, unexpected withdrawals - runs on the bank, so to speak - that… — Mitchell Zuckoff Blowing smoke Copy Share Image
There is an interesting parallel between the 'Argo' story and '13 Hours' in that, around the world, we have 285 or so… — Mitchell Zuckoff Around the world Copy Share Image
I was researching a different World War II story when I came across an article in the 'Chicago Tribune' from June 1945… — Mitchell Zuckoff Articles Copy Share Image
“God damn it, let’s take our pants down,” Walter told his men, “and show them that we’re men, not women. I’m tired… — Mitchell Zuckoff Copy Share Image
“When Norway fell to the Germans the following year, he established the Norwegian Air Force training base known as Little Norway in… — Mitchell Zuckoff Air force Copy Share Image
