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

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.

The dream is not the destination but the journey.

Hope changes everything, doesn't it?

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

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

It has been wonderful to be the home port for the brave and brilliant forces of ABC News around the world and to feel every single night that you and I were in a conversation about the day together.