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

I get involved in the beginning, less in the middle, and very much at the end.

I like talking. I didn't know at the time I would have to worry so much about my hair.

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.

Barbara Ehrenreich is smart, provocative, funny, and sane in a world that needs more of all four.

I have a contract but it's not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It's our ongoing conversation.

My dad, I still think, had the most beautiful, simple checklist for what you should do in life: Do something you really love that you would do it anyway. Do it in the most adventurous place you can do it. And make sure that it helps other people. And if you feel there's a genuine need for it, and that through that need you can help other people, you're home.