Good policy always trumps bad public relations and the best PR can't trump bad policy.

There's fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be.

Well, you know, in any political campaign, you're gonna have people on one side that are gonna slip a reporter something because they think it'll hurt the guy on the other side.

Once we get them in the studio, you interview a person the same way you would interview another. You ask them a question. You let them answer. You try to listen closely and then ask a follow-up.

I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it. Once you realize there is life after mistakes, you gain a self-confidence that never goes away.

I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.

The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.

I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.

American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.

It's no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean.

Had there been a reporter along with Lieutenant Calley when he massacred those people in Vietnam, I think that probably wouldn't have happened.

Nature deemed God worthy and hence chose it as her slave to serve the humans appearing as the master.

You can listen to the secrets of lifein the silence of night, in the voice of the ocean, in the beating of your heart.Just listen with your soul.

I have been on a life-long search of how to stay in shape without putting any effort into it whatsoever.

Begin to act from your dominion. Declare the truth by telling yourself that there is nothing to be afraid of, that you no longer entertain any images of fear.

Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-stricken about their own unorthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.

The human mind has an infinite capacity for self-deception.

All too often the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted, and all too often the Republican Party has written it off.

If we ever opened a meeting with a prayer, silent or otherwise, we would disintegrate.

I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait.

There is nothing wrong with a woman welcoming all men's advances as long as they are in cash