I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.

I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.

There will be good days and bad, which means that some days I may be cranky and some days really cranky!

I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world.

Patriotism is (like) loving your family whether it is good or bad, while always striving to make it better. Nationalism simply insists 'Hey my family is the best'.

I have never spent a day in my adult life where I didn't learn something, and if there is a born-again quality to me, that's it.

I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions.

Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.

I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people.

I don't think anybody who looks carefully at us thinks that we are a left-wing or a right-wing organization.

I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people.

Reality is only as true as it is perceived. Reality does not change. How it is perceived does.

I would take William H. Macy as a teacher any day of the week. He's incredible. He's got a lot of hard-earned experience.

Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.

Anyone who's a chef, who loves food, ultimately knows that all that matters is: Is it good? Does it give pleasure?

I don't think women need another black bag. Everybody has a black bag already, so I thought this season (needs) color.

One really understands testicles after reading 'The Family Jewels,' and one is gratified.

Science deals exclusively with things as they are in themselves.

Be black, shine, aim high.

There is one thing that motivates me. It is the global glory of God. I am first and foremost a missionary. I am an evangelist and a missionary.

Love can be angry... with a kind of anger in which there is no gall, like the dove's and not the ravens.