When I first came to the United States in 1956 I fell in love with things - mainly the vitality and the freedoms.

The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth.

Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.

Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.

In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.

I think America has a brilliant future.

Propaganda is persuading people to make up their minds while withholding some of the facts from them.

I think a lot of newspapers have lost touch with that sense of community, which so impressed me as a teenager when I had to knock on people's doors.

Transmitting information is easier than creating understanding.

Some blogs have become the best check on monopoly mainstream journalism, and they provide a surprisingly frequent source of initiative reporting.

[We need to] protect copyright at all costs. Don't do cheap deals with Google and these other cyber-monsters. Recognize that the creative artist has to be maintained.

We do not know today whether we are busy or idle. In times when we thought ourselves indolent we have discovered afterward that much was accomplished and much was begun in us.

Hilly raises her voice about three octaves higher when she talks to coloured people. Elizabeth smiles like she's talking to a child, although certainly not her own. I am starting to notice things.

You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally - your ears will know.

Our industry is full of all sorts of eccentricities and one of them is owning property.

I was very excited to meet Amanda Seyfried. She is one of the most humbling human beings you will ever meet. She deserves success.

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.

Remember this, the choices you make in life, make you.

How far back to the elementary school core curriculum do we have to go to get someone on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology caught up?

I liked The Slipper and the Rose, as I have already mentioned, because it was such a lovely film to do.

The Christmas spirit - love - changes hearts and lives.