I read once, which I loved so much, that this great physicist who won a Nobel Prize said that every day when he got home, his dad asked him not what he learned in school but his dad said, 'Did you ask any great questions today?' And I always thought, what a beautiful way to educate kids that we're excited by their questions, not by our answers and whether they can repeat our answers.

The Center for Public Integrity is the real thing. A group of dedicated people who remember that great journalism is about grit and guts and stamina and razor-sharp instincts. They are, thank heaven, here to stay.

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

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

People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong.

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