Diane Sawyer People Quotations

I've always been curious. I keep a list of people I'd love to have lunch with, like the Pope or Leonard Cohen. I'll read an article about someone I've never met and think, 'I should ask him to lunch!'

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

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.

People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong.

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.

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.

The Center for Public Integrity is the real thing. A group of dedicated people who remember that great journalism is about grit and guts and stamina and razor-sharp instincts. They are, thank heaven, here to stay.

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

Do something you really love in the most adventurous place you can and make sure it helps other people.

Don't let other people tell you who you are.