There are some people who are Burger King people, and there are some people who are McDonald's people.
If you feel like an outsider, you tend to observe things a lot more.
That's the thing about suicide. Try as you might to remember how a person lived his life, you always end up thinking about how he ended it.
The war in Afghanistan is underreported.
I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done.
Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss.
Never too late to change your relationship with somebody in your life.
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.
I tend to relate more to people on television who are just themselves, for good or for bad, than I do to someone who I believe is putting on some sort of persona. The anchorman on 'The Simpsons' is a reasonable facsimile of some anchors who have that problem.
When I was younger, I talked to the adults around me that I respected most about how they got where they were, and none of them plotted a course they could have predicted, so it seemed a waste of time to plan too long-term. Since then, I've always gone on my instincts.
I think the notion of traditional anchor is fading away - the all-knowing, all-seeing person who speaks from on high. I don't think the audience really buys that anymore. As a viewer, I know I don't buy it.
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.
There was a time when I first started when I made a fake press pass and borrowed a camera and headed into wars, and for three years, that was the only kind of story I was interested in doing.
Most gyms now have TVs. You can prop up reading material on the cardio equipment.
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 have no interest in jumping out of an airplane or any of the things people do for thrills, to push their limits and all that. To me, that seems foolish, and there's no point.
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.
If I'm hip, we've got a problem in this country. I really shouldn't be held up as any model of hipness. If anything, I think I'm sort of old school in my approach to objective reporting and not wearing my opinion on my sleeve. There's a lot of that in American TV news these days. Too much, in fact.
If someone knows me and likes me or my work, they're more likely to allow me to tell their story. But it also cuts the other way.
The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.
