Quotes by Diane Sawyer

• I like talking. I didn't know at the time I would have to worry so much about my hair.
• People tend to vote the present tense - not the subjective.
• Part of this new world of completely improvisational terrorism is that there were codes of war that disintegrated in the face of terrorism.
• If you're curious, you'll probably be a good journalist because we follow our curiosity like cats.
• I'm not sure people are ever completely comfortable telling pollsters what they do and don't think.
• I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.
• The interesting thing is always to see if you can find a fact that will change your mind about something, to test and see if you can.
• I love the early process of asking questions about a story and deciding which questions matter most.
• Start in a small TV station so you can make all of your embarrassing mistakes early and in front of fewer people!
• I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites people. I'm not very sanctimonious about what news is and isn't.
• I have a contract but it's not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It's our ongoing conversation.
• I get involved in the beginning, less in the middle, and very much at the end.
• I don't think it's about entertainment. I think it's about being ourselves.
• I don't know why I'm saying I'm brave.
• I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.
• People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong.
• The one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.
• We did exactly what everybody in the country did, watching it. You entered this state of sort of denials. You think, well, it must have been a tragic accident by an amateur pilot. And then you see the next plane coming.
• The most fun is getting paid to learn things.
• Hope changes everything, doesn't it?
• American Idol, I love. I think it's a passing fancy but not passing so soon.
• An investigation may take six months. A quick interview, profile, a day.
• Every time somebody tries to go in and reinvent what we do, it always ends up being more about technology and sets, and flash and dash, forgetting the main thing, which is interesting people saying interesting, important things.
• Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination.
• Great questions make great reporting.