I very much wanted to be accepted by my peers, to be considered a serious journalist.

In every interview I have ever read or seen or taken part in, the final question in our future-oriented society is always, What next?

News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute.

Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your family, or you hold a strongly biased attitude about the subject under focus.

The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.

My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.

Television is intensely personal.