There are so many journalists out there, I hate to say it, who are lazy and don't do their research - and it shows.

I would have to say the novel 'War and Peace' influenced me more than any other book. This greatest of novels demonstrated to me the enormous power of literature and fired me up with a desire to become a writer, to participate in what I considered then to be the greatest of all endeavors.

I hate reality shows that are not reality.

I don't go to that many Broadway shows, so I can't really say anything.

I learned a quick lesson: There's no substitute for your own research.

There's many heroic underappreciated investigative journalists.