I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites people. I'm not very sanctimonious about what news is and isn't.

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

We did exactly what everybody in the country did, watching it. You entered this state of sort of denials. You think, well, it must have been a tragic accident by an amateur pilot. And then you see the next plane coming.

I don't think it's about entertainment. I think it's about being ourselves.

American Idol, I love. I think it's a passing fancy but not passing so soon.

Einstein was always looking for a unifying principle for the universe. I think anxiety about hair is the unifying principle.

I love cabdrivers. I love their unpredictable manners. I love the pictures of their families on the visors. I love the fact that most of them think I'm Martha Stewart.

I think no one knows my politics.