I have to have something that really excites me in order to write about it.
One of the exciting things about reporting is going to places you've never been to before.
I think it's absolutely about time that we have as many female leads as male. It's a very exciting time to be an actress.
The debate about who decides what gets taught is fascinating, albeit excruciating for those who have to defend the schools against bunkum.
Despite the Obama administration's proclaimed commitment to global Internet freedom, the executive branch is not transparent about the types and capabilities of surveillance technologies it is sourcing and purchasing - or about what other governments are purchasing the same technology.
I'm not a fanatic about exercising. For me, it's about moderation and balance.
I buy a lot of books I've found via the Internet, whose existences I'd otherwise never have known about.
Expect the unexpected, is what I'd say about 'Taboo.'
The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.
My first expedition was at about the age of eight.
My outlook was, 'You're not my moms; you can't tell me what to do.' I got expelled from about 20 schools.
Clearly, any issues about breaching of expenses rules should be properly investigated.
Every album I've made is about what I'm experiencing at the time.
How come trying to explode myths about Texas always winds up reinforcing them?
We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures.
But the key thing is that Iraq, while it's got very large oil reserves, has marginalized itself as an oil exporter and these days its exports are only about one tenth that of neighboring Saudi Arabia.
When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about.
A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it.
Spreading my love and extending my hand is what life's all about.
It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species.