All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.

I don't think a tough question is disrespectful.

We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.

People will never know how hard it is to get information, especially if it's locked up behind official doors where, if politicians had their way, they'd stamp 'top secret' on the color of the walls.

We are the only institution in our society that can question a president on a regular basis and make him accountable. Otherwise, he could be king.

This is the worst President ever. He [George W. Bush] is the worst President in all of American history.

You cannot have a democracy without an informed people.

I'm not anti-Jewish; I'm anti-Zionist.

I'm a liberal, I was born a liberal, I'll be one 'til I die, what else should a reporter be when you see so much and when we have such great privilege and access to the truth?

Congress, the White House and Hollywood, Wall Street are owned by the Zionists.

Try to reject war and give peace a chance. Question the powers that be and find out why they make the dubious decisions they do that send young people to war.

People make mistakes, it's just part of life. But, it's what we do with those mistakes that matters. What matters is what we learn from the mistakes, not what the mistake is.

I am an optimist because I don't see the point in being anything else.

There is peace in the swamp, though the quiet is Death

I don't measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can't because I'll just end up crushed.

I'm not the kind of poet who arranges treasure-hunts to please the academics and keep them busy. Poetry should be surprising in deeper ways.

The ban on the burkini, which is basically a wetsuit, seems particularly ridiculous.

Poetry uses language to create a music borne inside human experiences and emotions.

Radio listeners are voyeurs: lurking, invisible, eavesdropping.

As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education.