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

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

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

"People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong."

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

"The interesting thing is always to see if you can find a fact that will change your mind about something, to test and see if you can."

"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."

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

"I'm not sure people are ever completely comfortable telling pollsters what they do and don't think."

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

"Great questions make great reporting."

"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."

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

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

"Hope changes everything, doesn't it?"

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

"If you're curious, you'll probably be a good journalist because we follow our curiosity like cats."

"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."

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

"The most fun is getting paid to learn things."

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

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

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