It is only in the fundamentalist religions that women are relegated to second class. Radical Evangelicals, Muslims, and Jews all have the same view of women.

Social climbing and power climbing -- the two are often synonymous -- are what make Washington run. ... If there are more than two people together, if there are three, one of them is climbing.

The primary motivation in the world of television is fear. People are scared to death. Ambition and enthusiasm and interest and the desire to excel are secondary. Because fear is an enormous motivating force, many in the medium are afraid to make decisions, take chances, do anything innovative.

I think the Catholic and Protestant churches have become very stagnant.

I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.

Newspapers don't write enough about serious religious issues.

We live in such a noisy world that we need to stop and just let things happen. Let it grow.