To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.

I didn't have a very religious family.

I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.

Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met.

Every genius I have met could be classified as crazy by most people. They possess the highest level of sanity that us people find difficult to understand and accept.

People sinking into self-pity and depression are dreary, but they can't get out of it by themselves. So every now and then, just sit there and listen, and listen, and listen. You're paying your membership dues in the human race.

When you're interviewing someone, you're in control. When you're being interviewed, you think you're in control, but you're not.