Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.

Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.

The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.

For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.

Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight.

Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your family, or you hold a strongly biased attitude about the subject under focus.

It had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage requires a joint effort.

Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.

No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.

Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.

Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.

What separated the living from one another could be as impenetrable as whatever barrier separated the living from the dead.

To strive to better oneself is natural and expected. To abandon oneself in an effort to attain a new self is foolish and unhealthy.

Tomorrow is always a better day.

As life speeds up & the political becomes ever more personal democracy continues to foster change as fast as the movement of tectonic plates

Dialogue is a necessary evil.

A person will gain everyone's approval if he mixes the pleasant with the useful.

I have decided not to run for president.

The first step that leads to our identity in life is usually not 'I know who I am,' but rather 'I know who I am not.'

I used to worry, 'I've lost my family.' They hated me for a while, but they're very resilient.

Princess,” he whispered against her ear. “My beautiful, beautiful princess. I want to spoil you. Pamper you. Indulge you.