I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.

My uncle was a hero, Lewis Roundtree. He was not even related to me really, but he was always called my uncle. He was like a father to me. I was closer to him than I was my father.

Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.

As a child, I loved to read books. The library was a window to the world, a pathway to worlds and people far from my neighborhood in Philadelphia.

I taught sixth grade for three and a half years.