Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.

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.

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.

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

A great "Mind" does not prove anything, his/her work speaks volumes.

It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day.

Shoot faceless, white blobs. Roger that Menace, Gamma Kitten One over and out.

To die is a debt we must all of us discharge.

That's the way life works: gratitude and appreciation just bring more goodness. Remember: Everything we give out comes back. Gratitude has all sorts of little, surprising rewards.

Philosophers don't all believe that ethics is just based on intuition. That's just stupid! It's ignoramus!

I like playing really super-intense, live-in-the-moment characters. It asks me to not phone it in. It's impossible to phone it in. Every American boy has spent his childhood pretending to get shot.

To become an academic expert takes years of studying. Academic experts are experts in how and what others have done. They use case studies and observation to understand a subject.

A person could see a lot without ever leaving his own living room. Especially if he had the right tools.

"Chaunt in his ear delusions magical, That he may fight the horses of the sea." The Druids took them to their mystery, And chaunted for three days.