I think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to tell you the truth.

I don't think people realize the extent to which TV networks are hurt when they carry public broadcasting. I think the estimate is that they lose a half-million dollars for a half day's programming.

You can only make so much money in life and only enjoy so many creature comforts. The important thing is to do something meaningful-to leave something behind.

I want everybody in the news business to think of ABC before they go any place else. If it costs us an extra few thousand dollars to do that, what does it mean?

In the past ABC has made half-hearted efforts or, worse, cosmetic efforts, to do something about news and I wasn't certain about what their real aim was - nor am I now.

But unlike the setup in most organizations, where there's an administrator on top and creative people or doers underneath, I'm basically a doer and I like to have administrative people underneath me.

People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we must report it.

Most of what we report from Congress they don't care about unless it affects them directly.

The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that won't be true in the future.

I don't think any industry was ever as closely scrutinized and written about and constantly in the public eye as television.

People essentially like local news better than network news.

and all I could think was that I would like to spend every morning for the rest of my life waking up beside her

Think of the people whom you love, like, trust, and admire. Isn’t their integrity the golden thread which elevates them to a higher standard in your eyes and in your heart?

You are the reason my heart beats. Your love is my lifeline, and I'm not about to give it up - not now - not ever!

The only causes of regret are laziness outbursts of temper hurting others prejudice jealousy and envy.

The least we can do is to respect the Constitution because that's the foundation on which our republic is built. If you give the Constitution the go-by, your republic will be under stress.

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different.

I have understood that the most important things are tenderness and kindness. I can't do without them.

As an actor, or as a person, I like to do things that are challenging.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love.

When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family.