Ronan Farrow

“I had siblings from South Asia, from East Asia, from depressed communities around America, and you know, we'd have long conversations.”

“He's my father married to my sister. That makes me his son and his brother-in-law. That is such a moral transgression... I cannot see him. I cannot have a relationship with my father and be morally consistent. I lived with all these adopted children, so they are my family. To say Soon-Yi was not my sister is an insult to all adopted children.”

“I don't think most people are aware of the exotic and extreme tools at the disposal of the most powerful and wealthy men of America when they are bent at silencing accusations against them.”

“Our culture has kind of let the concept of the Renaissance Man die out. We don't really tell the kids that it's okay to bounce around the world, work odd jobs, and do six different things.”

“When Harvey Weinstein threatened to sue me, it was like the scene in 'Harry Potter' where an invitation to Hogwarts is coming in through every window and fireplace and every opening in the house.”

“Certainly in my own body of reporting, I was very acutely aware of the risk of any mischaracterized journalism and the need for anything I put out to be absolutely bulletproof.”

“I know full well how important women are in diplomacy and development. I grew up with seven sisters.”

“For every young person I meet, I learn an idea.”

“Woody Allen - legally, ethically, personally - was absolutely a father in our family.”

“I spent a long time reporting on trans issues, and I know in the course of that reporting I saw how deeply adversity runs.”

“A simple leather jacket... has gotten me through cocktail parties in New York and cold nights in Afghanistan.”

“My idea of a night out is actually a night in - in pajamas, with a good book or playing 'Mario Kart.' It's not that glamorous.”

“I've got to say, I'm a Rand Paul fan.”

“Hillary Clinton respects good ideas wherever they come from. That's something I haven't seen in a lot of powerful people.”

“LGBT people are some of the bravest and most potent change agents and leaders I have encountered, and the most forceful defenders of the vulnerable and voiceless, because they know what it's like to be there.”

“I don't think that anyone in the pages of 'War on Peace' is arguing that diplomacy is the replacement for military power. But, correctly, the job of the military is to think tactically.”

“I had aquariums of bullfrogs and mudpuppies. My poor mom had to deal with me incubating chicken eggs in my bedroom.”

“Being under the microscope meant I was never given any slack. I still managed to screw up plenty in life, mind you, but in the things I really cared about - the legal work, or the stories I was telling as a writer, or the office I built in government - I wasn't left a lot of margin for error. It's kept me driven.”

“I grew up in a family where you could never be the center of attention.”

“The United States is undergoing a transformation in how it relates to the rest of the world. We are becoming a nation that has no more negotiators and peacemakers, that shoots first and asks questions later.”