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.

The dream is not the destination but the journey.

If there were a rehab for curiosity; I'd be in it.

A criticism is just a really bad way of making a request...so just make the request.

Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination.

I don't know why I'm saying I'm brave.

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.