Michael Beschloss Quotes

If you're in public life, a certain percentage of what you do must be done on television.

If ever there were a candidate destined to shine on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' Sarah Palin would be that woman.

I felt a mandate to go on TV.

Writers of fiction should stick to writing, not pop up on panel shows or as a talking head.

I don't live in Los Angeles and I don't do a lot of superfluous press.

I'm totally not media shy and do interviews all the time and go to events and totally play along and actually enjoy talking to journalists most of the time.

I don't mind being interviewed on television or radio.

The skill set that lets you be alone in your pyjamas for two years writing a book is not the same skill set that lets you go on television shows like 'The View' or 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.'

I'm the same Nina Turner, whether I'm on MSNBC or talking to my hometown newspaper or CNN.

If you're going to worry about what you said on TV, then don't get on TV.

I'm not good at entertainment. I don't give myself to all the interviews, game shows, or talk shows.

I've been on national TV since 1994, and I can communicate in a compelling and decisive way.

I've never wanted to be on television for the sake of it, I suppose because I'm not one of life's natural presenters; I'm not an actor.

I don't, frankly, want to be on television.

I do a lot on TV.

At Bristol I found it quite difficult to continue trying to balance three things - teaching, research and public engagement, for which television was obviously the most prominent part.

I want to show you how Stephen Miller is just good, folks. He's simply good. He needs to be doing more of these. The first time he went public as a spokesman for Donald Trump was on This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Stephen Miller was unflappable. He didn't lose his temper. He smiled. It appeared that Miller knew he was talking with somebody who didn't know what he was talking about and remained composed and polite.

I scarcely talk to reporters at all.

I love going on Chris Hayes' show. It probably is my favorite because of the intensity of the intellectual combat.

If we do not, as historians, write the history of great events as well as the small stories that make up the past, others will, and they will not necessarily do it well.

I love doing live TV.

I really don't have a need to be on TV all that much, to be honest with you.

I think I could be good on TV.

Being a host or a guest or a pundit, you really want to say something that's interesting and potentially provocative, that's going to stick with people. The last thing you want to say when you're a politician is something provocative.

In the past, the biggest mistake I've made has been trying to treat election night like the first and last time anyone will ever see me on TV. I've worn dresses that were more prom time than primetime.