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I'm smart enough to know, 'Don't try and make any headlines.'

Millions don't rally to the banner of Uncertainty.

Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.

Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.

There's not a lot of original ways to get attention in the press.

People say, 'How's the record doing?' In the old days you'd say, 'We're at 600,000, it's doing great.' You don't say those things anymore. Those numbers are gone.

I think many times news organizations, whether it's for lack of resources or something else, cover the headlines and don't follow up, even though the story continues for the people living there - they can't leave. I think it's critical that they do these follow-up stories to realize that there is still suffering, and the need is dire.

These days, headlines are trying to get you to click.

It's been exciting to be able to go forward with stuff without 10,000 people saying, It should be like this.

When I talk about taking bold actions in the world, few things are bolder than creating the 'Huffington Post' from scratch and reinventing the newspaper business.