Race has been a big issue in this [presidency] campaign [2016].

You never know what doors are going to open up and why they are going to open up. You've got to be ready to walk through them.

You have to go where the story is to report on it. As a journalist, you're essentially running to things that other people are running away from.

The biggest thing I worry about is the unsubstantiated story. You have to tell the people what you know -- and acknowledge what you don't know.

Not to get too deep on shaving my mustache, but it was kind of symbolic of, 'This is a moment of liberation, a chance to reinvent yourself.' That's kind of what I did.

I think sometimes we lose sight of how powerful we are when we put someone on the news - for good or bad. It can really change people's lives.

You look at the Middle East, it's a total mess.

Candidates [Hillary Clinton and Donald trump], we look forward to hearing you articulate your policies and your positions, as well as your visions and your values.

I am honored to have this role [of the moderator], but this evening belongs to the candidates and, just as important, to the American people.

Stop-and-frisk was ruled unconstitutional in New York, because it largely singled out black and Hispanic young men.

I'm a morning person, so rising at 4-something on weekends is not a huge challenge for me. I am not, however, much of a morning eater - not at that hour, at least.

Young people are experts on leisure, water skiing, dancing, rock music, rapping, TV watching . . . by and large, chores are a thing of the past.

There is only one history of any importance and it is the history of what you once believed in and the history of what you came to believe in.

The fans out in New Zealand are amazing. They're genuinely excited and appreciative that you're playing their country.

I think that's somewhat of what the left is feeling now - that maybe I'm alone, and they're not. There are millions of us on the right that feel the same way.

I see you looking at my cookies,' my father said to Morelli. 'Don't even think about it. Go get your own cookies.

I think the things that make people different are the things that make them the most beautiful.

It is said that the offender never forgives. Certainly it is quite explicitly hard for the one in the wrong to do so. And it takes more spiritual asset than continued alcohol often leaves.

As I tell my intro creative writing students, after reading someone you love, wait at least an hour before starting to write.

It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their destiny

Cinema to me is like a religion. If I was going to have a religion it would be cinema.