Alan Alda

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

I think I look better in a suit than a loincloth. So that may define some of the parts I play.

I fix my grandchildren's computers.

I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

I generally don't follow domestic news that much aside from how it relates to the stories I'm covering abroad, like what Americans think of the War in Afghanistan.