Anderson Cooper

If you feel like an outsider, you tend to observe things a lot more. ”

I've always giggled like a 13-year-old girl at a Justin Bieber meet and greet. There's nothing I can do about it but I've never not been able to stop. ”

The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud. ”

I've always loved reporting from the field most of all. There's something about doing live TV and being there as it happens that's always appealed to me. I think there's great value to bearing witness to these events as they're actually happening. ”

A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering. ”

I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it. ”

Never too late to change your relationship with somebody in your life. ”

I don't have much experience, but the few times when I would go on a date with a girl - like when I was 12 - there was a lot of sharing, and a lot of talking, and a lot of asking how I am. They thought we were dating, and I was sort of hoping to meet their brothers. ”

To realize that your mother's love life has been far more interesting than one's own is a weird thing to discover. ”

In my real life, I wear a T-shirt, gray or white, and the same pair of jeans. Literally, the same pair of jeans every day. ”