I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites people. I'm not very sanctimonious about what news is and isn't.

Einstein was always looking for a unifying principle for the universe. I think anxiety about hair is the unifying principle.

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.

My dad, I still think, had the most beautiful, simple checklist for what you should do in life: Do something you really love that you would do it anyway. Do it in the most adventurous place you can do it. And make sure that it helps other people. And if you feel there's a genuine need for it, and that through that need you can help other people, you're home.

I love the early process of asking questions about a story and deciding which questions matter most.

Competition is easier to accept if you realize it is not an act of oppression or abrasion-I've worked with my best friends in direct competition.