I realized that whatever your path, whatever your calling, the most damaging thing you can do is let other voices define you and drown out your own. You've got to block them out and find that place deep inside you, shaken but still intact, and hold on to it.

Prepare yourself to be employable.

[I am enthusiastic about journalism because] it's a craft that can ... galvanize an often complacent citizenry, and make a difference.

I could announce one morning that the world was going to blow up in three hours and people would be calling in about my hair!

I knew I had to be a journalist because I'm deeply curious about the world.

I love the smell of estrogen in the morning.

Nobody ever asks men about the work-life balance, and I just find that interesting, because clearly, I would imagine most men also want to be good fathers, and I'm sure they want to be good partners.