Diane Sawyer

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. ”

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

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

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

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

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

The most fun is getting paid to learn things. ”

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

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!' ”