Its important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.

I'm lighter now in a lot of ways.

I want to tell you how much I miss my mother. Bits of her are still there. I miss her most when I'm sitting across from her.

Usually you kind of give the President a pass on leaking confidential stuff.

I was born in the Midwest, where "salad" was cherry Jell-O with bananas in it. Now children are more aware of healthy foods.

Don't plan too hard, because something much better might be out there.

As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate.