I'm not trying to be something that I'm not. I'm just trying to be myself and talk about what I know, and admit what I don't know.

The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.

The mark of a good book is it changes every time you read it.

I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done.

In my opinion, the ability to love another person is one of God's greatest gifts, and I thank God every day for enabling me to give and share love with the people in my life.

Learning what you don't want to do is the next best thing to figuring out what you want to do.

Be honest about what you see, get out of the way and let the story reveal itself

You can't stop suffering, you can't stop terrible things from happening, but you can bear witness... The least us reporters can do is go there and tell their stories.

Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss.

If you feel like an outsider, you tend to observe things a lot more.

The people I admire most hadn't really followed a particular path that was visible when they were on it.

The Highest Reward for men and women 's devotion and dedication to excellence is not what one gets from it but what one he or she becomes through it.

The air is full of flying kisses sent by the people who are watching you.

I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks.

We are about half a century away from being ecologically and economically bankrupt because of global warming

Sometimes when you're in the storm, it's harder and maybe when it's over, then you can look back on it.

People ask me how far I've come. And I tell them twelve feet: from the audience to the stage.

Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.

Augustus Waters died eight days after his prefuneral, at Memorial, in the ICU, when the cancer, which was made of him, finally stopped his heart, which was also made of him.

It's been said that if NASA wanted to go to the moon again, it would have to start from scratch, having lost not the data, but the human expertise that took it there the last time.

Physically, I feel extremely well, perhaps fitter than ever.