A biography for David Muirhasn’t been written yet.
“The reporting has always been what drives me.”
“Peter Jennings was the James Bond of evening news, and I always wanted to be that. His evening news was really a conversation with America, and I hope that's something I can achieve.”
“I still like the physicality of papers.”
“A huge part of my life is my job, and that's the highest compliment you can pay to any job.”
“When I travel the country, I am often struck by how much we actually have in common. It's much more powerful than how much there is that's reported that divides us.”
“I remember being in New Orleans after Katrina hearing people calling, 'Help me,' and wanting to slide down in the seat of my car because it felt like I was invading their suffering. But I also know that our being there gave them a voice.”
“I often work seven days a week. I'm not looking for a pat on the back because I love what I do.”
“When we get news 24 hours a day, I think people need the evening newscast more than ever.”
“It's a business driven by curiosity. If you don't want to go out and learn about the world and see the place, it's the wrong business. But if you do... I've had an unbelievable front row seat.”
“I think that with our 'Made in America' segments, where we go out to these factories all around the country, is essentially giving people a high-five and signal to them that we're in this together.”
“I'm so privileged to sit where Diane Sawyer and Peter Jennings sat.”
“Our job every single night is to call out hypocrisy on both sides to make sure we're holding Republicans accountable and Democrats accountable, that we're holding the president accountable for promises made.”
“Every evening, I would excuse myself from playing in the backyard and go inside to watch the evening news... I wanted to get out there and see the world, and as a kid, I knew that Peter Jennings had a thirst and hunger to travel the world, too.”
“The evening news is evolving rapidly, and I think we have to be extraordinarily nimble.”