I tend to relate more to people on television who are just themselves, for good or for bad, than I do to someone who I believe is putting on some sort of persona. The anchorman on 'The Simpsons' is a reasonable facsimile of some anchors who have that problem.

The mark of a good book is it changes every time you read it.

A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering.

The world reacts very strangely to people they see on TV, and I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it. For a reporter, that's the kiss of death.

Not to sound too Dr. Phil all of a sudden, but I think the key to survival is to embrace one's past and to not run away from it. And to come to some sort of relationship with it or understanding of it.

The people in Tacloban have great dignity and deserve better than what they have gotten

I get so annoyed by famous people who have not actually written the books they slap their names on.