I think there are a lot of celebrities who put on a performance on camera.

I think it's a good thing that there are bloggers out there watching very closely and holding people accountable. Everyone in the news should be able to hold up to that kind of scrutiny. I'm for as much transparency in the newsgathering process as possible.

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 map of the world is always changing; sometimes it happens overnight. All it takes is the blink of an eye, the squeeze of a trigger, a sudden gust of wind. Wake up and your life is perched on a precipice; fall asleep, it swallows you whole.

Learning what you don't want to do is the next best thing to figuring out what you want to do.

The people I admire most hadn't really followed a particular path that was visible when they were on it.

Did you know that according to legend, the guy who became Buddha decided to seek enlightenment the day he got a touch of gray? "Gray hairs," the would-be Buddha said, "are like angels sent by the god of death".