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

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.

There's a definite sense this morning on the part of the Kerry voters that perhaps this is code, 'moral values,' is code for something else. It's code for taking a different position about gays in America, an exclusionary position, a code about abortion, code about imposing Christianity over other faiths.

I have a contract but it's not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It's our ongoing conversation.

I read this morning that he's [Saddam Hussein] also said the love that the Iraqis have for him is so much greater than anything Americans feel for their President because he's been loved for 35 years, he says, the whole 35 years.

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.

... the greatest act of love is to pay attention.