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

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We did exactly what everybody in the country did, watching it. You entered this state...

We did exactly what everybody in the country did, watching it. You entered this state...

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

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

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

Great questions make great reporting.

Great questions make great reporting.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites...

I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites...

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

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

Competition is easier to accept if you realize it is not an act of oppression...

Competition is easier to accept if you realize it is not an act of oppression...

Part of this new world of completely improvisational terrorism is that there were codes of...

Part of this new world of completely improvisational terrorism is that there were codes of...

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Competition is easier to accept if you realize it is not an act of oppression...

Competition is easier to accept if you realize it is not an act of oppression...

The interesting thing is always to see if you can find a fact that will...

The interesting thing is always to see if you can find a fact that will...

Hope changes everything, doesn't it?

Hope changes everything, doesn't it?

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

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

Every time somebody tries to go in and reinvent what we do, it always ends...

Every time somebody tries to go in and reinvent what we do, it always ends...