Whatever I was going into, whether it was going to be chorus or history or astronomy or whatever, do it right. Be a professional. Don't just do a half baked job. Do everything correctly. Get down. Learn the details of what you're going to do.

What we're learning is that the sun and its warmth isn't the only way to get warmth in the solar system, and we've been thinking that for some time.

We need people pushing the boundaries. Exploration is what we, as humans, do.

Because exploration is not science driven, you've got to ask what is it driven by? And it's driven by politics.

The history of American agriculture suggests that you can have transformation without a master plan, without knowing all the answers up front.

There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.

My search is always to find ways to chronicle, to share and to document stories about people, just everyday people. Stories that offer transformation, that lean into transcendence, but that are never sentimental, that never look away from the darkest things about us.