Diane Sawyer Quotes

People tend to vote the present tense - not the subjective.

Great questions make great reporting.

I like talking. I didn`t know at the time I would have to worry so much about my hair.

The one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

I`m always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

If you`re curious, you`ll probably be a good journalist because we follow our curiosity like cats.

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.

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.

An investigation may take six months. A quick interview, profile, a day.

Part of this new world of completely improvisational terrorism is that there were codes of war that disintegrated in the face of terrorism.

People assume you can`t be shy and be on television. They`re wrong.

I think 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.

I`m not sure people are ever completely comfortable telling pollsters what they do and don`t think.

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.

Hope changes everything, doesn`t it?

Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination.

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.

I don`t know why I`m saying I`m brave.

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 contract but it`s not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It`s our ongoing conversation.

I love the early process of asking questions about a story and deciding which questions matter most.

The most fun is getting paid to learn things.

I don`t think it`s about entertainment. I think it`s about being ourselves.

I get involved in the beginning, less in the middle, and very much at the end.

American Idol, I love. I think it`s a passing fancy but not passing so soon.