As a teenager, I was very much a people pleaser and that excludes being adventuresome at all. I was a Boy Scout though and so that's as adventuresome as I got.

I don't like gadgets for their own sake. I like gadgets that are tools. And I like simple gadgets that do one thing really well like a hammer.

Apparently it's cool to watch The Daily Show.

I'm a complete egomaniac. It makes me feel terrible to say [being interviewed] is hard. It's taxing in a way. Just 'cause it's a lot of mental energy just to keep focused. I actually think it's harder for journalists.

If you have a secret, people will sit a little bit closer.

If anything, there's more at stake when you're older, and more responsibility and more legitimate things to worry about.

I didn't really feel 100 percent comfortable until we started working on the 2004 election.