It's no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean.

There's fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be.

Well, you know, in any political campaign, you're gonna have people on one side that are gonna slip a reporter something because they think it'll hurt the guy on the other side.

Once we get them in the studio, you interview a person the same way you would interview another. You ask them a question. You let them answer. You try to listen closely and then ask a follow-up.

I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it. Once you realize there is life after mistakes, you gain a self-confidence that never goes away.

I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.

The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.

I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.

American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.

Had there been a reporter along with Lieutenant Calley when he massacred those people in Vietnam, I think that probably wouldn't have happened.

But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make.

I sometimes refer to economics as a woman. To me the subject was always a she. People would ask me why. Easy. She's obviously a woman: all the men are trying to do her, and mostly they're failing.

Nothing happens by mistake the universe has a divine plan...Stay attuned to it.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

I am torn in two but I will conquer myself.

I'm an artist and I get very attached to my own little ditties.

Maps of Time attempts to assemble a coherent and accessible account of origins, a modern creation myth.

This demand follows from an insight that I was the first to articulate: that there are no moral facts.

I walked away from Kyoto because it would damage America's economy, you bet. It would have destroyed our economy. It was a lousy deal for the American economy. I felt there was a better way.

God is always the upholder of justice.

My business is making people, especially children, happy.