My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.

This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.

My preference would have been to not go back on the air after 9\11, at all until the time felt right but that wasn't an option.

Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.

The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one - America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.

When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that's not going to be me.

Television from its inception had the number one goal to alienate as few people as possible. That's why if you look at 1950s, 1960s American sitcoms, the characters don't live any place in particular, religion is never discussed, politics is never discussed, you never really know what anyone's job is; nothing that could make these people seem different from you is ever discussed.