When I made coffee and Xeroxed and distributed newspapers at ABC News, I thought my life was over.

Changing the world doesn't happen all at once. It isn't a big bang. It's an evolution, the sum of a billion tiny sparks. And some of those sparks will have to come from you.

Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks. Go where there are no guarantees.

Be bold, be humble, be brave, be resilient, be productive, be good, good to yourselves and good to each other. Be careful; be caring.

If I hear the word 'perky' again, I'll puke.

Sexism is so five minutes ago. I think for the most part, people accept that women are as competent as men.

Dig deep and believe in yourself and have the self-confidence you need to forge ahead.

I always say that I started in television when harassed was two words instead of one.

[I am enthusiastic about journalism because] it's a craft that can ... galvanize an often complacent citizenry, and make a difference.

The sooner you learn that life is not fair, the better off you'll be.

The person I enjoyed interviewing the most was Elmo from Sesame Street because he is so unpredictable and he is always eating my hair and my face.

No one's an angel - especially if he's a man

We think in generalities but we live in detail.

Develop wisdom in sales by reflecting on your experience, and learning everything you can from every call.

Some comics really thrive on being disrespectful, especially toward women, and it's somehow understood as edgy, but I'm the opposite. I've never liked curse words for that reason.

There's a number of hip-hop artists who are highly talented but politically retrograde.

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.

What our Lord did was done with the intent, and this alone, that he might be with us and we with him.

Why should we grope among the dry bones of the past? The sun shines today also.

I am not an enthusiast for diversity of opinion where facts are concerned.

I want to be an author/director and I'm writing my second book now and I want to make a movie of it, and I hope I get to do this for the rest of my life.