After four or five different wars, I grew weary of that work, partly because in an open war, open to coverage, as Vietnam was, it's not that difficult, really.

The helicopter is a fine way to travel, but it induces a view of the world that only God and CEOs share on a regular basis.

Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture.

Killing is the payoff of war.

You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times.

Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that.

The Bush Cabinet is quite interesting, there are no flashy people in there. No stars. They all seem quite focused and serious and knowledgeable about the areas to which they have been appointed.

It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak.

I would trust citizen journalism as much as I would trust citizen surgery.

We are on Sunday night because that is where they put us 30-odd years ago. I think we became a habit.

The Republicans learned well from Bill Clinton.

Just Keeping You 'In the Know.

In the eyes of others, we're often not who we imagine ourselves to be.

You’re a good date, ” he said.“You thought of it as a date?”He nodded. “From the beginning.

All our environmental problems become easier to solve with fewer people and harder - and ultimately impossible to solve - with ever more people.

You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.

We die, because we live.

If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert you will have an audience.

The biggest threat to global stability is the potential for food crises in poor countries to cause government collapse.

A critic is someone who never actually goes to the battle, yet who afterwards comes out shooting the wounded.

They tried to get me - I got them first! [Suicide.]