I wanted to see what was going on in the world. I sometimes think I overwished.

It is not enough to wire the world if you short-circuit the soul. Technology without heart is not enough.

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

Washington tends to be full of too many traps. I think reporters there do a lot of attending news briefings and news conferences expecting to get the real news out of those relatively sterile environments. But you've got to deal with the obscure people as well as the names.

Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

Don't be afraid to do something unconventional, to take a chance, to risk something.

When you run in places you visit, you encounter things you'd never see otherwise.