A good solid bit of work lasts.
My inclination, as an old-school, classically trained journalist, is not to go with a story unless I have it hard. It's not good enough to say something based on rumors that were flying around.
I think what we try to do is bring the news to our viewers in a very comprehensive responsible way.
You have to be precise. You have to be specific, but you want to be accurate. That is first and foremost. You want to be on top of the story, but words do matter.
My best stories come from well-placed sources who point me in the right direction.
My rule of thumb is that if I am interested or intrigued by something, others will be as well.
No Republican has ever been elected president of the United States without winning Ohio.
If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
A few years ago, when I was writing songs for my first album, I was staying with Michael Feinstein as I often did. I was working on a pilot. My grandma was very sick at the time. She died of complications from alcoholism. She always used to say [in his grandma's voice], "Red wine is good for my heart. That's what my doctor said. " And we'd say, "Yeah, but not for breakfast. " Unfortunately, it was the thing that killed her. I felt inspired to write a song about her and what that meant for her life and for all of us. I was writing it in Michael's house.
Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.
However happy the director is, I have to be okay with it. I'm pretty strict with myself, about throwing things out or trying to be true to whatever the situation dictates.