Part of this new world of completely improvisational terrorism is that there were codes of war that disintegrated in the face of terrorism.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The most fun is getting paid to learn things.

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.

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

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

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

Hope changes everything, doesn't it?

Great questions make great reporting.

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.

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

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

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

Part of this new world of completely improvisational terrorism is that there were codes of war that disintegrated in the face of terrorism.

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 get to go to work and come home with something interesting or enriching or astonishing.

I think there's a point at which you know how you dress isn't going to affect how much you do in life.

I've always been curious. I keep a list of people I'd love to have lunch with, like the Pope or Leonard Cohen. I'll read an article about someone I've never met and think, 'I should ask him to lunch!'

I've always found a cure for the blues is wandering into something unknown, and resting there, before coming back to whatever weight you were carrying.

I've always wanted to throw a party where everyone comes with their mother's meatloaf. Everybody could evoke their mother's memory through her meatloaf.

Sometimes I forget some of the things I've done. I recently recalled that after Watergate I went away by myself to Tahiti for a month, moving from island to island. That was a point in my life where I didn't know what was next.

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.

If youre curious youll probably be a good journalist because we follow our curiosity like cats.

A good marriage is a contest of generosity.

One day you're the statue. One day you're the pigeon.

Nor should we exclude the possibility that Islamic terrorism may begin to make common cause with Western political extremists of the far Left and far Right.

I don't believe we are, because I believe that just as 9/11 was an attack on a very populous area, terrorism also looks to see where you can go and where you're not expected.

As a nation we should commit ourselves not only to the fight against terrorism, but to economic justice, defeat of the AIDS epidemic and vestiges of discriminatory policies of all kinds.

Terrorism, ladies and gentlemen, in my eyes I have a very, very, very simple explanation. Gangs of criminals, killers, used unfortunately by certain governments in the past for political purposes, who are on their own now as gangs.

Democracy is stronger than terrorism, and we will not cower to the terrorists' campaign of fear.

I think unleashing 3,000 smart bombs against the city of Baghdad in the first several days of the war... to me, if those were unleashed against the San Francisco Bay Area, I would call that an act of extreme terrorism.

The Pakistani government under Musharraf is a strong and key player in the global war on terrorism, and their contribution has been second to none.

On September 11 last year international terrorism entered a new dimension.

I found a religion that blended scientific reason with spiritual reality in a unifying faith far removed from the headlines of violence, destruction and terrorism.

When we are reflecting on terrorism we can grieve for many things we do and have done.

Intelligence is our first line of defense against terrorism, and we must improve the collection capabilities and analysis of intelligence to protect the security of the United States and its allies.

And now when we hear that Iran and Iraq plan to cooperate more closely and that a fundamentalist is coming to power in Tehran - a man about whom we cannot be sure that he is absolutely averse to terrorism - it is very worrisome.