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.

Most of the people who live in Washington come from other places and you can learn something from them.

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.

That's what I've decided I am. A seeker of wisdom and truth.

So many of the problems we have today are because people don't respect the beliefs of others.

We're newspaper junkies; I can't imagine life without a newspaper.

Its always in the second administration when things start to go sour. They circle the wagons.