First of all, I'm a Midwesterner, being from Kansas, and Chicago is basically a big Midwestern cow town. It was built from the stockyards, and everyone is very friendly, and it's at the edge of the tallgrass prairie. There's just a good feel to it.

Frontline' does 10 news shows a year, so one a week is quite an undertaking.

On my football field, I know what bliss is. My team cuddles more than the missus. We won't inject drugs, just oodles of hugs. I warm up my team with some kisses.

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.

If you're a producer, you always spend too much money because you want that shot - and you're willing to spend a bundle to get it.

The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say 'we'll let it go this time,' you set a new standard, which is lower. So you cannot do that.

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.