Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.

In the New York Times, you're going to get completely different information than you would in the USA Today.

At MTV, it's very nice sometimes to be able to be very specific. Specificity really makes a news story interesting because you can color it in that personality.

Gossip is easy, politics is hard.

Knowing policy does help make the gossip more understandable.

You have a specific, defined audience-at MTV, they assume the audience to the news is 15 to 30 years old and they do a lot of research about the things they're interested in.

The constant variety is the most interesting part of my job.

At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.

At MTV, although the audience is smaller, I found it more interesting to deliver news to a specific group of people, because my story then did not have to try to be all things to all people.

I'm surprised and disappointed in American culture.

I worked at NBC and MTV for two years, and it was very interesting to see the comparisons of audiences and the way that I would have to present a story to the two different places.

In a state of pseudo-death you restore your substance.

We are all brands. Some have been discovered, some aren’t.

When we take care of ourselves like we would take care of someone we love, the quality of our living and our giving goes up.

Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.

You can't make Howard Dean a straw man. He is what he appears to be. And that's the beauty of Howard Dean.

Even in dreams doing good is not wasted.

Son, a man’d brand Is his own special mark That says this is mine, leave it alone. You hire out to a man, Ride for his brand And protect it like it was your own.

A garden is never finished.

The two things we all want so desperately — glory and relationship — can coexist only with God.

Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write.