Every president, if you watch what they look like when they come into office, you can see their hair turn white because it's such a hard job.

The episodic, reactive, almost frantic pace of what is broadcast makes children feel and act frantic and shortens their attention spans and their patience for activities that take time and problems that don't yield immediate solutions.

I wonder if it's possible to be a Republican and a Christian at the same time.

I try to schedule at least one day a week to catch up, to feel like I'm breathing again. I take vitamins. I have a treadmill and weights at home, but I prefer walking outside, just kind of breathing and letting it all go. I try to read for pleasure whenever I can - it's a great way just to shut it off for a while so your brain doesn't get fried.

When I took on the drug companies and the insurance companies for universal health care coverage, they went after me with a vengeance.

I am not taking a position on any policy, but I do think there is a growing sense of anxiety and even anger in America over the feeling that the game is rigged. And I never had that feeling when I was growing up. Never.

We are going backwards in a field that’s supposed to be all about moving forward