Great questions make great reporting.

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.

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

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

Hope changes everything, doesn't it?

The most fun is getting paid to learn things.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.