Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting on him getting through this very difficult passage.

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced.

The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.

David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph.

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the gate every morning.

While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships.

TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.

there on the beaches of Normandy I began to reflect on the wonders of these ordinary people whose lives were laced with the markings of greatness.

In your pursuit of your passions, always be young. In your relationship with others, always be grown-up.

IF I can do it and you can do it, if I have a story and you have story.

I'm very analytical about the industry and I understand that there are value systems, and all sorts of things like that.

I’m a nobody telling everybody about Somebody who can save anybody.

Little Jesus, was Thou shy Once, and just so small as I? And what did it feel like to be Out of Heaven, and just like me?

You dont do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative aspect of it.

Sometimes your whole life boils down to one insane move.

The offers were, like, a lot of money - maybe not for other actors, but definitely for me. But I don't want that power. I don't want $20-million power.

I love playing characters that are bigger than life and maybe have a darker side that they present to the world. Those are good characters.

I definitely have favorite books by favorite poets, but poets' books also vary. I could like some books, but not like another book.

Wit must be foiled by wit: cut a diamond with a diamond.