And yet, something inside you is so horrible or you're such a coward or whatever the reason that you decide that you have to end it. Robin Williams, at 63, did that today.

In New York, I like it when you can get bagels at 3 in the morning.

We don't communicate in full sentences anyway. We don't need all those words.

We are America; we don't torture. And the moment that is not the case, I want off the train.

We have a product for sale called news, and I'm a salesman.

I think there's a certain sense of grounding that comes from not being a rich kid from a media-elite school.

When I make an error, it's a very bad day in my house.

Oh, I don't talk about God.

Working for the Man seemed really good to me.

I've never been in a focus-group meeting. I wonder how many anchors can say that.

I’m not a liberal elite who was educated in the northeast, for example, I’m just a kid from Mississippi.

I gave my heart away to somebody long time ago- when I was barely a man. And I never got it back.

We would never have gained the knowledge if it wasn’t meant to be used.” Jo was in teacher mode, and so we began to dance.

...dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they remain silent in the full light of the sun.

So you'll teach me?" Val asked.Ravus nodded agin. "I will make you as terrible as you desire.""I don't want to be -, " she started, but he held up his hand."I know you're very brave, " he said."Or st

Words are like gems to me... imagine yourself walking through a very shallow stream and picking up beautiful stones that catch your eye... that's what names are like for me.

The privilege of being a writer is that you have this opportunity to slow down and to consider things.

Nothing is more precious than peace. Peace is the most basic starting point for the advancement of humankind.

Back in the 1960s Africa not only fed itself, it also exported food. Not anymore.

I've always been trying to write songs like Lightfoot. A song of mine like 'Come Monday' is a direct result of me trying to write a Gordon Lightfoot song.

There are some great values in Christianity, but I think the values are located more deeply in our humanity than they are in our religion. There are certainly some survival values.