"The Clinton era is over. I think that there would even have been a certain amount of rejoicing among some Republicans if Gore had won or if Ralph Nader had won or if Satan had won."

"I think Michael Moore is loathsome, though, not because he dislikes Bush, but because he seems to dislike America."

"It's hard to be ambitious if you're content, isn't it?"

"In the absence of evidence, superstition. It's a Middle Ages thing. That's my theory anyway."

"It is increasingly important to be open-minded."

"I am not insecure about being a journalist."

"To be a feminist, you could cut your hair really short. You have to be really angry about something."

"I have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the vast majority of those I meet couldn't be nicer. Every once in a while someone barks at me. My New Year's resolution is not to bark back."

"I was up late last night yapping about the elections on CNN and up early this morning doing the same thing in my daughter's kindergarten class."

"If it was up to the U.N., Saddam Hussein would still be killing his own people."

"Studies have shown people listen to TV than watch it."

"I have never been one to look beyond today."

"Living in Washington, you can't take politics too seriously. I draw the line at honesty. I have no time for political hacks who say things they don't believe because they get paid to."

"I don't care what anybody thinks."

"Unless you know a lot more about something than I do, I am not really that interested. I have too much information already."

"As a print journalist, you can be frustrated by people who don't call you back, parts of the story you can't get. TV gets you access to everyone because people call you back. It also allows you to satisfy your curiosity. I am a very curious person."

"There are legitimate, even powerful arguments, to be made against the Bush administration's foreign policy. But those arguments are complicated, hard to explain, and, in the end, not all that sensational."

"I am really only interested in new information, not freelance opinion. I don't really care what you think off the top of your head."

"I can't wait to work for Rick Kaplan. He's a great producer. I would host an infomercial if he would produce it."

"To politicize a man's tragic death is about as low as you can go, isn't it?"

"It is nice to be around people who think differently than you. They challenge your ideas and keep you from being complacent."

"The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a boarding school or an operative with the CIA posted abroad. I could write a book about all the things I was sure about."

"I try to tell the truth."

"Billy Tauzin is one of the most interesting people in Washington. He is smart, funny, and interesting."