I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites people. I'm not very sanctimonious about what news is and isn't.

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.

One day you're the statue. One day you're the pigeon.

Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination.

A good marriage is a contest of generosity.

People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong.

Do something you really love in the most adventurous place you can and make sure it helps other people.

Don't let other people tell you who you are.

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

Wake up curious, and determined to find an answer

I so believe in the fact that we are somehow born to love the truth

I began to feel that all the people I'd ever known who had died or left me had not in fact gone away, but continued to live on inside me just as this man's wife lived on inside him.

Each day makes the difference !

How do you convince someone to change, to stop being afraid of himself? How do you convince yourself not to be so scared all the time?

Chicago is partly a fairy tale because it's inside one person's head, so that part of it's made up and the rest of it is reality.

Larry Flynt, running for governor of California. His goal - change our state bird to the spread eagle.

The problem is not one of prediction. It is one of imagination.

If most of the breaks go to wealthy people it's because most of the people who pay taxes are wealthy.

Rock and roll is commitment. Rock and roll is passion and spirit.

I don't know whether the bird you are holding is dead or alive, but what I do know is that it is in your hands. It is in your hands.

I don't fight creativity. I don't fight against not being creative. If I'm not being creative, I'm not forcing it.