As a journalist, I've been a professional watcher, picking up the body language and verbal tics that make us individuals and interesting to others.

The righting of historic wrongs has chimed with something fundamental in me since I was a young reader. I love the forensic skills, the psychological insights, and the sheer bloody-mindedness of various detectives - professional or accidental - inching toward the truth of a long-buried secret.

Yes, there are bad apples, but I do feel journalists do a good job, often in very difficult circumstances.

It was this fascination with hidden lives, I suspect, that led me to journalism; seeking to uncover the truth about people became a job.

No matter what color you are, if you mentor some little boy or girl, you make a huge difference in their lives because they then model behavior that leads to success versus modeling behavior that doesn't.

To make the moral achievement implicit in science a source of strength to civilization, the scientist will have to have the cooperation also of the philosopher and the religious teacher.

Success doesn't drive me away from home.

You cannot underestimate the value of luck in success in life. And I've really learned to appreciate that.