And so popular culture raises issues that are very important, actually, in the country I think. You get issues of the First Amendment rights and issues of drug use, issues of AIDS, and things like that all arise naturally out of pop culture.
Kurt Loder

Well, in features, and in writing especially, it's often the style of the writer comes in.
Kurt Loder

I know what the structure of the language is.
Kurt Loder

I don't find music being less important than, like, politics.
Kurt Loder

Unless you're doing a feature piece, which is going to be longer, and you have more time to get into stuff.
Kurt Loder

Well, a lead is the most important thing about the story.
Kurt Loder

It's not a good thing to be friends with people you're covering. There's just no point in doing it. It's tempting, but they're not going to consider you their friend anyway. They just know that you're somebody that can do something for them.
Kurt Loder