I hope that, somewhere, Mom and Dad are proud that little Walter is performing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

The profession of journalism ought to be about telling people what they need to know - not what they want to know.

If that is what makes us liberals, so be it, just as long as in reporting the news we adhere to the first ideals of good journalism - that news reports must be fair, accurate and unbiased.

Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.

The ethic of the journalist is to recognize one's prejudices, biases, and avoid getting them into print.

America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.

There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.

In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.

Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened.

We are on the precipice of being so ignorant that our democracy is threatened.

Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.

When we start a new task, or confront an unpleasant chore, we should take a moment to ask ourselves "why.

I long for, not a writer's retreat - I can write in any situation - but a reader's retreat.

No black or white America-just United States of America.

To be a woman is a great adventure; To drive men mad is a heroic thing.

Investing is important, but get debt-free first. That's what frees up your income so you can win.

The creative process is a cocktail of instinct, skill, culture and a highly creative feverishness.

It's an incredible rise to stardom. At 17 you're more likely to get a call from Michael Jackson than England manager Sven Goran Eriksson.

I'm hardly the sexiest man in the world. I'm a bit of a geek.

I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can't stop.

Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating.