I certainly don't think Donald Trump suggesting violence in any way.

Change comes from listening, learning, caring and conversation.

Journalists are accused of being lapdogs when they don't ask the hard questions, but then accused of being rude when they do. Good thing we have tough hides.

Don't count out other amazing programming like Frontline. You will still find more hours of in-depth news programming, investigative journalism and analysis on PBS than on any other outlet.

Act right all the time, because someone's always watching.

In the media universe we're in, where there are people screaming on one end, there is no problem at all with having a little bit of extra politeness.

I'm not in love. I'm not out of love. I'm just trying to find some version of the truth.

I spent my career trying to speak to the broadest possible audience whether it's in print or whether it's in television.

Hope springs eternal, even in politics.

People are always surprised when they see me speak live that I have a sense of humor. And I say, Well, you know, there's not much opportunity to laugh when you're reporting the dread news of the day.

It's never too late to move to a good place to try to improve your child's outcomes in adulthood.

People wrote me off but they did not realize that I was a writer.

You are dead- what am I speaking to?

Do not be to yourself more that God may be to you.

Good characters the reader cares about combined with an intriguing plot. Do those two and you've got it made.

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

If! If! If! There were so many ifs in life, never any sense of security, always the dread of losing everything.

I like songs that are simple.

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.

I don't think my religious convictions should be held against me.

I think sometimes songwriting becomes diluted when you have lots of components to mask a lack of core.