I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.

And as a result, I guess I'm just kind of a rubberneck. I'm kind of a - someone who likes to see things and likes to see these events and talk to the people who make them happen. But I don't think journalists are as important as the people they cover.

American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.

It's getting the right person that's the challenge.

But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make.

But with 9/11, we found that people tended to come back to the networks and the people who had been our core viewers in the past came back and they have stayed with us.

They've asked me to do this temporarily. I don't know what temporarily means. Life is temporary.