It would be wonderful to become what Oprah has become: she is in such a class of her own, as an entrepreneur, as a performer and an icon. The idea of building a series of programmes and choosing people that I think have talent to do them would be a very interesting idea. I would love to show that television can have soul, depth and range.

When you limit a woman's potential, you limit your own.

I don't talk about my politics. I am registered as an independent.

The alarm rings 4:45, again at 5, but I wake up 4:30 naturally. Shower, shave, orange juice, perk my own coffee, hear the news, and the CBS car arrives 5:30.

The more patient we are, the closer the Iranians get to a nuclear weapon.

The great regret of my life is that I didn't have children.

Knowing a lot...is a springboard to creativity.