We did exactly what everybody in the country did, watching it. You entered this state of sort of denials. You think, well, it must have been a tragic accident by an amateur pilot. And then you see the next plane coming.

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.

An investigation may take six months. A quick interview, profile, a day.

Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination.

People tend to vote the present tense - not the subjective.

Start in a small TV station so you can make all of your embarrassing mistakes early and in front of fewer people!

The one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

Every time somebody tries to go in and reinvent what we do, it always ends up being more about technology and sets, and flash and dash, forgetting the main thing, which is interesting people saying interesting, important things.

American Idol, I love. I think it's a passing fancy but not passing so soon.

Great questions make great reporting.

Hope changes everything, doesn't it?

I don't know why I'm saying I'm brave.

I don't think it's about entertainment. I think it's about being ourselves.

I get involved in the beginning, less in the middle, and very much at the end.

I have a contract but it's not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It's our ongoing conversation.

I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites people. I'm not very sanctimonious about what news is and isn't.

I like talking. I didn't know at the time I would have to worry so much about my hair.

I love the early process of asking questions about a story and deciding which questions matter most.

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.