I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.

I guess I was a conspiracy theorist when I said "no weapons in Iraq." Now they call that history.

I just tell jokes, and I think a lot of people take it too seriously. It's not that I don't have things that I'm angry about in the world, and I think most decent human beings are upset about things, and even upset about things in their own country, but I'm not a particularly unhappy fellow.

One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late.

I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.

You collapse a few times, and you put your head in your hands, and you say, "Oh my god, how am I gonna get through this?" You have a few of those nights, and then you get over it and you keep it moving. And those nights... As you get more used to the strain, I guess those nights are fewer and farther between. So that's the best you can hope for. It's a tough job and it's a lot to pull out of your brain.

You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise.