I think that I'm a really optimistic person.

For me, the best journalism is usually the best storytelling, and the best stories are those of real people.

I just found that the knowledge of ordinary Americans about Iran is very small - which is totally expected.

I'm a very hopeful person.

I think in any country you have macro situations and micro ones.

I'm planning on how I want to tell my own story. I feel like my situation and my experiences are unique in some ways.

A lot will have to happen globally and personally before the stars would align.

I'm always surprised when I read a story that's reported from a great distance.

I have a friend named Doris who argues, on good authority, that the single biggest cause of global warming is menopause.

Republicans have to finally get smart and come together.

People just want to know something, anything. It's all the stuff you never want to talk about, the private stuff.

Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.

Of course, I have the emotional ups and downs of pregnancy, like crying jags for no reason and then the next day I can't even remember what I was crying about!

Use your freedom to experiment with visual ideas.

In my opinion painting should be considered excellent in proportion as it approaches the effect of relief, while relief should be considered bad in proportion as it approaches the effect of painting.

Tonight, once more, life sinks its teeth into my heart.

I think President [Barack] Obama deeply underestimated the force of white supremacy in American life.

There's something a lot more self-conscious feeling when there's cameras coming in for close-ups. It makes you very aware.