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.

Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.

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.

The choice to avoid risk is the choice to avoid living, and to avoid living is one of the greatest risk of all.

Marriage is the agreement to let a family happen.

A new presidential poll reveals that Democrats have the edge among voters under 30. The good news for Republicans is that there's only six people under 30 who actually vote.

Somebody is always doing something that somebody else said couldn't be done.

Next time you see someone sleeping, make believe you're in a science fiction movie. And whisper, 'The creature is regenerating itself.'

When everything has its proper place in our minds, we are able to stand in equilibrium with the rest of the world.

I love my body. And if I didn't, I'd get on the Stair Master

The world is scary, and things are overwhelming, and there's a lot at stake.

...so remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.

The tree is happy because it is scarcely sentient; the hard rock is happier still, it feels nothing: there is no pain as great as being alive, no burden heavier than that of conscious life.