My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.

So when I cover the president, I try to remember two things: First, if you don't ask, you don't find out; and second, the questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.

I'd rather work with someone who's good at their job but doesn't like me, than someone who likes me but is a ninny.

The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.

And really, the basis, I think, of achieving some success in what I want to do today comes from my mother's push to get me to read and to make something of myself from the standpoint of an education.

My personal opinion is that guns kill people.

News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind.