It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.

I guess the best advice I ever got or anyone could get for doing a talk show, though it has not been easy very often, was from Jack Paar, who said, 'Kid, don't make it an interview. Interviews have clipboards, and you're like David Frost. Make it a conversation.'

It's lamented that the youth get their news from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. It's lamentable that they get more from them than from the news.

William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.

Every time someone says, 'You know, we really ought to get together,' if I were really honest, I would ask 'Why?'

The information superhighway? That sounds like a place that's long and boring and kills 50,000 people a year.

Radio, which was a much better medium than television will ever be, was easy and pleasant to listen to. Your mind filled automatically with images.