Some of my colleagues want to be The Anchorman on the Mount. Others see themselves as the Ace Reporter. Because of 60 Minutes, there's a whole herd of them determined to be The Grand Inquisitor and a heady number want only to be The Friendliest Anchor on the Block. At least one wants to be Jesus.

I want to know why, if men rule the world, they don't stop wearing neckties.

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.

If you believe in your heart that you are right, you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time.

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

Like Nietzsche, I believe that without music, life would be a mistake. Nothing but silence says it better.

In the coldest February, as in every other month in every other year, the best thing to hold on to in this world is each other.