You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.

New technology is changing the way we can film. It's enabling us to get fresh new images and tell brand new stories.

The idea of having new perspectives on our planet, and actually being able to get that message out, gets me out of bed every day with a spring in my step.

I think that women are much more collaborative; men are much more competitive.

Its so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

Technology alone isn't enough. To really get the money shots, it's down to being in the right place at the right time.

When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.

I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office.

My father was from the South and turned me into a news junkie at a very early age. I would sit and watch TV with him.

Talking to people and hearing their stories, you learn a lot.

I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.

Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas.

Agreements are always the product of time and place.

Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.

The frustrating part of being tagged 'controversial' is people go looking for trouble where there isn't any to look for.

I love metaphors. I've never been on this train. ... If I'm standing on the middle of a track, I'm definitely going to get derailed. I have to make sure that I'm on the train and not in front of it.

Miss Hayes, have you stopped to consider that you might have this all backward? That in fact you are my fantasy?

The Habeas Corpus secures every man here, alien or citizen, against everything which is not law, whatever shape it may assume.

The most reliable joy is to be out of doors, to be a creature among other creatures. I find it very restful.