Diane Sawyer

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

“The most fun is getting paid to learn things.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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'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!'”

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

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

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

“Hope changes everything, doesn't it?”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“My husband has said even he doesn't know my politics. In the nonromantic-compliment category, that's a good one.”

“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.”