The important thing is, that I guess I don't spend any time thinking about what I am or what we do means. I spend my time doing it.

Jazz musicians are the coolest people on the planet. Can I have some cool?

And try as I might, I am having difficulty giving a f**k.

[John McCain] stopped connecting and just looked at my chest and decided, "I'm just gonna continue to talk about honor and duty and the families should be proud," all the things that are cudgels emotionally to keep us from the conversation. But, things that weren't relevant to what we were talking about.

Christmas and the New Year are actually two holidays, so there is a plural, which in the English language necessitates the use of the letter "S." Now, I suppose you could say "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" but you probably have sh*t to do.

We have standards. Anybody with the kind of journalism experience and professionalism that you have displayed over these years can not work for my program.

Wait a minute! Wait a minute! I figured this out. I know what's wrong with what we've done in Iraq. We've been following time as it goes forward. What a classic mistake. Linear time is so pre-9-11.