Alan Colmes

Collective' sounds like communism, but we do work and live in a society where there is a collective well-being.

Why preach to the choir? You reach more independents and even more Democrats on Fox News given their huge audience than you would on other networks. So I'm grateful to have that opportunity to have that platform.

Talk radio can't work unless you have the kind of independence you get by being part of an independent news network. You can't be beholden to an agenda, and that's what I like about Fox: It doesn't have one.

My side, I am a liberal more than a Democrat.

I'm not an angry person. I get my point out, I'm true to what I believe, and I sleep well at night.

I grew up in a nonpolitical family. My mother basically hated everybody.

I don't judge my effectiveness by how many words I say. I think liberals often see nuances in things... Conservatives tend to see things in black and white. It gives them an air of certainty and conviction that might make them more comfortable to watch.

Change is always something you have to go through.

Some liberals have a problem with me simply because I work at Fox, and nothing I do short of storming off the set in a rage will get them to respect that I work there.