As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits.
Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't.
Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.
George W. had a plan. He arranged to join the Air National Guard in Texas, which meant he would not be sent to Vietnam.
I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.
I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions.
I have gone through a period of seeking to understand what or how strong or what are the connections I have to God.
I think I am very mainstream - I'm committed to good works in my life.
I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world.
I think it's impossible for any of us not to find television, and the political process at its best on television, compelling.
I think sometimes negative campaigning, like so much, is in the eye of the beholder, and I don't think we'll ever get rid of it.
I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.
I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.
I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.
It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did.
The one thing that I have done really well in my life is be a father.
We have been through a period where we see power leaching away from Washington. Who is more important in the world today: Bill Clinton or Bill Gates? I don't know.
