I've heard it said that the first law of journalism is to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.

There is a gentle absurdity about Washington, D.C., and it is easy to develop affection for the place, if you can forget that the consequences of what goes on there are real, whereas what goes on there may not be.

Media literacy is not just important, it's absolutely critical. It's going to make the difference between whether kids are a tool of the mass media or whether the mass media is a tool for kids to use.

There are two types of change: the change we choose and the change that chooses us.

Just because it's a rat race doesn't mean it's okay to be a rat.

Pitching was about fooling people, manipulating them, making them believe in something that ultimately wasn't there. Great pitching was great lying.

I believe in tomorrow and I will be part of it.