Mitt Romney is betting big on himself and left no doubt about it.

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.

...he looked as if nothing hard in the world had touched him...

There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.

I certainly was a geeky kid myself, but to me, math and science were always these magical things- powerful tools you could use in incredible ways.

Alas the Church of England! What with Popery on one hand, and schismatics on the other, how has she been crucified between two thieves!

I never had a lot of drive, but because I had family responsibilities, I had a lot of tenacity - the tenacity of a drowning man.

I have retired but only in body. Spiritually, I still feel able.

Hoover was incredibly ambitious as a young man. He was highly motivated to succeed in Washington, primarily due to his mother's expectations of him.

Free the snow globes!

Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers.

Its not easy for Chinese actors to do foreign films, and its not easy for foreign actors to do Chinese films.