The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.

Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one.

I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.

It's the American way: if you don't vote, you don't get to whine.

I got addicted. News, particularly daily news, is more addictive than crack cocaine, more addictive than heroin, more addictive than cigarettes.

Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.

And for whatever reason I've loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in elementary school.