I think I'm so old I'm in. We call it the 'Tony Bennett Syndrome.' For some reason, young people think I'm cool.

I think there's value in experience and observations that link past to present.

In L.A., everyone is competing for the next job, and in New York, it's pretty much the same thing: competing for a better job.

Politics is still the No. 1 sport in town and the scoreboard shows the U.S. attorney's office leading.

I travel so much on stories, so I don't take vacation much, but one place I go back to again and again is my ranch.

People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter, you learn quickly.

I never wanted to retire. I wanted to kind of shift my work pattern so I could stay fresh and invigorated, and use the experience that I had gained in 30 years, but in a slightly different direction.