I know, it's amazing to people that we have a political system, but we do.

It's like you can't even go on the radio anymore and condemn a whole subset of people to hell without getting some blowback.

I've been a performer in the public eye for many years now and it's much darker. It feels so worse now. It feels heavy; it's difficult to deal with. The hatred is unbelievable, but I actually feel a lot more compassion for the journalists and people who aren't used to that. At least on some level, it's been a part of my world for a long time, so I can handle it. I'm not going to say that I'm used to it, because I'm not. I think it's really difficult for people who are just doing journalism and receiving death threats on a very consistent basis.

The best part about poker is there's no down side.

Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.

I don't feel like any of the things we're talking about are going to make the world end.

Sometimes you're just interviewing someone and you're thinking the entire time, How can I get through this really quickly? Because I know this isn't gonna make it. This person is either too long-winded or deathly boring, or they don't have the point of view that supports what you're trying to do in the piece. Or often people misrepresent themselves on the phone - what they're willing to say to you then, they're not willing to say in person.