The invasion of Iraq was illegal from the start.

The profession of journalism ought to be about telling people what they need to know - not what they want to know.

If that is what makes us liberals, so be it, just as long as in reporting the news we adhere to the first ideals of good journalism - that news reports must be fair, accurate and unbiased.

Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.

The ethic of the journalist is to recognize one's prejudices, biases, and avoid getting them into print.

America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.

There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.

In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.

Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened.

We are on the precipice of being so ignorant that our democracy is threatened.

Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.

Don't cry for the dead, for the dead is deaf, dumb, blind, lame, unemotional and dead.

There are times in life when you must seclude yourself and battle your thoughts. There are also times when you must call in the troops. The key is knowing when to make the call.

I can't afford to say yes to all my staff's desires, but one thing is certain – I can't afford the outrageous cost of not listening to their requests.

I do get to have my normal childhood. I just love to get together with my friends and family and have a good time.

I've done my share of busking, and it's fun until it isn't. There are musicians in the subways that will make you cry, they're so good.

When even despair ceases to serve any creative purpose, then surely we are justified in suicide.

Sometimes I fall into the trap of keeping too much to myself, but I think it's important to preserve certain things, it leaves something to the imagination.

A lot of people have so many issues like depression, obesity or chronic illness that has to do with gut health.

It is hard to compare the eras, but Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb from the past, Sandy Koufax and Roger Clements from the present.

Fracking is an incredible risk to the human race, I don't know why they even thought of doing it.