Quotes by Don Hewitt

• He can thread a needle with a well-turned phrase.
• Confrontation is not a dirty word. Sometimes it's the best kind of journalism as long you don't confront people just for the sake of a confrontation.
• I can tell you categorically that we at 60 Minutes did not pay Michael Jackson one cent.
• I plan to die at my desk.
• Let's give the conventions back to the politicians. If we think there's any news, we can tack it on afterward as commentary. But the conventions should be their show, not ours.
• You know that clicker? It's going to change the world more than any other thing.