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.

Every time somebody tries to go in and reinvent what we do, it always ends up being more about technology and sets, and flash and dash, forgetting the main thing, which is interesting people saying interesting, important things.

Don't let other people tell you who you are.

The interesting thing is always to see if you can find a fact that will change your mind about something, to test and see if you can.

I think no one knows my politics.

One day you're the statue. One day you're the pigeon.

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