Katty Kay

“Confidence has nothing to do with a manner. Its to do with a belief that you can succeed at something.”

“America is learning the art of humility. That's a good thing for the rest of the world.”

“Weight is an intensely personal, sensitive and often tricky issue for women and it is something women talk about a lot among themselves, usually with empathy and support.”

“My best teacher was my mother. She was a diplomats wife living in the Arab world in the 70s and 80s who always worked, even in really tough circumstances.”

“Conservatives in the American heartland have long believed, with some justification, that they can't get a fair hearing in America's mainstream press, which they see as overwhelmingly coastal and liberal.”

“I have wardrobes full of dresses and tops I only ever wear for TV and if I limited myself to only tops with sleeves, the choice would be even narrower.”

“Burnout is a real risk, especially now when there is so much news. I take real breaks, put my phone down, get out in to the countryside and ignore the news - even if its just for a few hours.”

“Working men, in particular, face a world they did not expect, jobs are hard to find and pay badly meaning they often can't provide single-handedly for their families, as their fathers and grandfathers did. That alone causes a loss of pride.”

“In Rwanda, which has gone through a devastating civil war and has a per-capita income of $16 per year, half of members of Parliament are women. But in most countries, including the United States, theres a paucity of women in public office.”

“Im good at getting information and synthesizing it. Its not that I doubt myself on that. Its, do you have the Ph.D. first-class brain or do you have the really good second-class brain? Because I came from a very academic culture, I always slightly felt I wasnt in the very top group.”

“When a man comments on your physical appearance, the effect is often just to distract from your professional ability.”

“It's a ridiculous function of modern work life that we can't just be sick, we then have to beat ourselves up about being sick.”

“I'm not going to thank the man who told me I had no character. I'm not that magnanimous, and he could do with lessons in people management.”

“Every man who has a sister, mother, wife, girlfriend or even a random female in their life who they've spent more than three minutes with knows that telling a woman they've gained weight is just never going to go down well.”

“The degree to which Americans talk about themselves as a special, unique country has often struck me as a little grandiose. You don't hear the French, or Brits, or Australians talk about themselves that way - though they may well feel it.”

“I love meeting American voters. I get to interview a lot of politicians but I always enjoy interviewing ordinary people the most - though most of them are anything but ordinary. Everyone has an interesting story to tell.”

“History reminds us, however, that good doesn't always prevail. Not against Russia anyway.”

“Perhaps people with no experience will be unfettered by protocol, history and existing structures and will be freer to cut through red tape.”

“A visit to the White House is a coup for any foreign leader, it's a useful weapon of soft power.”

“Learn Spanish and realize that youll fail, go for that risk assignment at work, try building a relationship with that new client, raise your hand in that meeting to ask that question.”