Alaskans are basically 'leave me alone' type people who respect and embrace different strokes.

Look, I debate for a living so I don't need to learn any lessons from amateurs.

That's my real message: I work very hard. We're an honest presentation, we try to give people entertainment and information at the same time, and it's working. I don't see any need for big drastic changes in our presentation.

I'm not writing a Ph.D. Dissertation.

Every book has mistakes in them, every one. There's never been a book published without mistakes.

Tom Hanks has taken George Clooney's place as the big-hitter driving a lot of liberal causes.

It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irresponsible and lazy. And who's gonna wanna do that? Because that's what poverty is, ladies and gentlemen. In this country, you can succeed if you get educated and work hard. Period. Period.