I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had a tremendous sense of duty and responsibility; and my mother's father, who was always in trouble with gambling debts.

Can we change the world? No, but hell, we can all try.

Most newspaper companies still have their heads in the sand, but other media companies are aggressive.

You can't build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own.

CNN is pretty consistently on the left, if you look at their choice of stories, what they play up. It's not what they say. It's what they highlight.

I would like to be remembered, if I am remembered at all, as being a catalyst for change in the world, change for good.

I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that on television. It's just not on.