"For those of us walking around with a cell phone, it is easy to say in the disaster, 'Well, listen, I got an alert on my phone. But what does that alert say? 'Tune into your local media'."
"I knew if I was going to be successful, I had to be passionate; I had to want to get out of bed and go full speed every day. I didn't have that with the practice of law."
Press secretary is a demanding job: early mornings, late nights, and a level of scrutiny that makes cable news look gentle by comparison. It also doesn't pay like cable news or national radio syndication does.
"I don’t think I could have carved out a better path in my career. There’s been highs and lows just like anyone else, but I couldn’t have done anything more enjoyable."