And, in the end, I knew there was nothing better in life than keeping the head and the heart up—and when you cannot see the shoreline, always putting one hand, one word, in front of the other.

There were good places and bad places to tell stories and there were of course stories that could not be told in any place on earth and these were reserved for heaven.

Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve ever done before.

The apostle of Christianity and the infidel can meet without a chance of a quarrel; but it is never safe to bring together two men who differ about a saint or a surplice.

My strong preference has always been to legislate when I can get legislation done.

Behind every smile there's teeth.

I kind of grew up on the East Coast, lived in New York for a while, then moved to L.A. So I'm not a New Yorker at all, but I'm much happier in New York; I've always liked it better.

The pressure to be timely with news has increased every year.

Don't put your life on hold so that you can dwell on the unfairness of past hurts.

Love creates bridges where it would seem they were impossible.

Losing is inevitable, make sure you have the tools in your toolbox to deal with it.

If you're imaginatively responsible to the place you live in, you understand the watershed.