There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority.

I didn't like the competitiveness of big-time journalism.

Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

The greatest thing you can do in life is to tell a young boy or girl that they're 'the very best' at something - baseball, reading, art. That gives them the wonderful feeling that they can do anything, which they can!

New York is the true City of Light in any season.

It's best to leap into something you know you love. You might change your mind later, but that is the privilege of youth.

TV critics, who traditionally hate television and make their living writing about it, often didn't like what I did on the air.