There's something magical about putting yourself into life. You've got to stand up and take responsibility for your own life and you cannot abandon that.
First of all, I'm a Midwesterner, being from Kansas, and Chicago is basically a big Midwestern cow town. It was built from the stockyards, and everyone is very friendly, and it's at the edge of the tallgrass prairie. There's just a good feel to it.
Choose something you like to do. I know its a cliche, and youve heard it over and over. But the reason is, youre going to have to work long and hard to achieve any success. You better like it or life is going to be terrible.
The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say 'we'll let it go this time,' you set a new standard, which is lower. So you cannot do that.
I think there's value in experience and observations that link past to present.
I think I'm so old I'm in. We call it the 'Tony Bennett Syndrome.' For some reason, young people think I'm cool.
In L.A., everyone is competing for the next job, and in New York, it's pretty much the same thing: competing for a better job.
You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo.
Politics is still the No. 1 sport in town and the scoreboard shows the U.S. attorney's office leading.
There's room for a diversity of ages on television.
Why die on Mars when you can live in South Dakota? South Dakota, you can live here.
My personal philosophy is I'm running a 100-yard dash, and I haven't reached the end.
The most frightening interview I've ever done was with Dr. Lonnie Thompson of The Ohio State University on the subject of global warming.
If you're a producer, you always spend too much money because you want that shot - and you're willing to spend a bundle to get it.
On my football field, I know what bliss is. My team cuddles more than the missus. We won't inject drugs, just oodles of hugs. I warm up my team with some kisses.
All vacations can come down to a few little moments - what do your remember when you're alone, totally relaxed and taken out of yourself to appreciate this other world.
A journalist enjoys a privileged position. In exchange for not being able to participate in the rough-and-tumble issues of a community, we are given license to observe it all, based on the understanding that we'll tell everyone what happens fairly and squarely. That's harder than it sounds.
I believe that young people are looking for answers to the big questions just like everyone else, and that they respect intelligent comment to help guide them through tough times.
I never wanted to retire. I wanted to kind of shift my work pattern so I could stay fresh and invigorated, and use the experience that I had gained in 30 years, but in a slightly different direction.
That's the reason I left the networks. I wanted to write and report and coanchor.
I'd like 'Morning News' to become a great first edition electronic newspaper, so that the 'New York Times' will want to watch us.
I travel so much on stories, so I don't take vacation much, but one place I go back to again and again is my ranch.
Frontline' does 10 news shows a year, so one a week is quite an undertaking.
I've been producing documentaries on global warming for 20 years and have seen the early warnings of extreme weather events come true.
People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter, you learn quickly.
