The Warmth of Other Suns is a sweeping and yet deeply personal tale of America's hidden 20th century history - the long and difficult trek of Southern blacks to the northern and western cities. This is an epic for all Americans who want to understand the making of our modern nation.

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

One of the things that we don't want to do is to destroy the infrastructure of Iraq, because in a few days we're going to own that country.

It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced.

I'm not going to sit on the porch of the old anchorman's home with a drool cup.

David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph.

It's not the questions that get us in trouble - it's the answers.