The press . . . traditionally sides with authority and the establishment.

The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.

I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton.

Call me a braggart, call me arrogant. People at ABC (and elsewhere) have called me worse. But when you need the job done on deadline, you'll call me.

I'd rather work with someone who's good at their job but doesn't like me, than someone who likes me but is a ninny.

Let's face it: Many on the political right believe this president ought not to be there - they oppose him not for his polices and political view but for who he is, an African American!

I saw a large, red dried swath that I immediately identified clearly as blood. I covered the war in Vietnam. I saw a lot of it [blood] there.

And really, the basis, I think, of achieving some success in what I want to do today comes from my mother's push to get me to read and to make something of myself from the standpoint of an education.

There was a little bit of ham in me. And there's a lot of people say there's a lot of ham in me.

As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think that's one step ahead of basket weaving as a major in college, but it was part of the journalism department.

So when I cover the president, I try to remember two things: First, if you don't ask, you don't find out; and second, the questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.

The point of living in the world is just to stay interested.

May the grace of God be the goodwill to all mankind.

I am going to read... but from where to start - is the biggest question in the world.

Style is something you can use, and you can be like a magpie, just taking what you want.

Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.

Getting to number one in the world without a coach is highly unlikely.

In order to get to a healthier and more productive place, we need to give up our fear of conflict, turmoil and resistance.

One of two things is usually lacking in the so-called Philosophy of Art: either philosophy or art.

Achieving your vision doesn't mean you've reached the end of the line. It simply means that you've come to a new starting place.

Every day I turned a 'you can't' into a 'you can.'