Some things you've just got to try to see if there's a story there. You'll hit gold more often if you simply try out a lot of things. Very few organizations work that way. Maybe the New York Times or the New Yorker, they're among the few that commission a lot more work than you ultimately see in the magazine. I still feel like I haven't quite mastered it.
Every week is just as frightening as the week before.
Sometimes it takes me a full day to achieve a normal level of tension. We send the show out on satellite on Friday and usually Saturday is completely shot for me. I didn't even realize this until recently because I've been seeing someone and it's become an issue. It's like I'm still coming down off drugs on Saturday. This happens to a lot of people in broadcasting.