Diane Sawyer

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“Great questions make great reporting.”

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

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

“I keep trying to perfect my mother's meatloaf recipe. I will never get it perfect, but I'm getting closer.”