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…

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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.

Great questions make great reporting.

Great questions make great reporting.

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...

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...

Start in a small TV station so you can make all of your embarrassing mistakes...

Start in a small TV station so you can make all of your embarrassing mistakes...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

The most fun is getting paid to learn things.

The most fun is getting paid to learn things.

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...

Hope changes everything, doesn't it?

Hope changes everything, doesn't it?

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in...

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in...

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...

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...

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...

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...