I don't know the vast majority of you personally, and it may sound kind of corny, but I really feel as if we've become friends through the years. And you've been with me during a lot of good times and some very difficult ones. I can't tell you how grateful I am.

There's nothing like being in the moment, even when that moment isn't captured or shared.

Some suggested over the weekend that it is wrong to expect Elian Gonzalez to live in a place that tolerates no dissent or freedom of political expression. They were talking about Miami.

You can't assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior.

A lot people I know -- it drives them crazy when they're watching, to see the people with their signs and waving, but there's something that's very inclusive about it.

The sooner you learn that life is not fair, the better off you'll be.

The person I enjoyed interviewing the most was Elmo from Sesame Street because he is so unpredictable and he is always eating my hair and my face.

What brought me into the TV business is what keeps me here and happy. You can learn something new every day if you have a really positive attitude.

And I've always -- the competition is one aspect of the job, but I think if you're too busy worrying about the competition, you don't focus enough on what you're doing.

I love the smell of estrogen in the morning.

That studies have shown that more people are getting up earlier, they're getting their news earlier. They're getting less sleep, getting up at earlier hours.

And they like being able to turn on the television day in and day out to see someone that they know and they feel comfortable with and trust hopefully and respect even.

He was always sort of a scrappy little kid wasn't he? A bit of a fighter?

But, you know, they don't enjoy the dinner hour together. It's just not as much of a ritual at night and it's interesting. I think the ritual is taking place perhaps more in the morning.

Just had lunch with the president who seems pensive, slightly deflated, realistic, aggravated and resolute. Didn't eat his pie.

I am enthusiastic about journalism because it's a craft that can ... galvanize an often complacent citizenry, and make a difference.

I don't always have a lot of energy, but my kids almost always revitalize me. Of course like any working mom, sometimes I'm guilt-ridden. I think I should be sitting down doing an educational computer game with Carrie or taking Ellie to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. These kids are such sponges, and I should be taking advantage of that.

Now, if they're there to talk about something specifically, and I determine through my own editorial judgment, that another area isn't germane, or isn't an important part of it, that's something else. But we never agree to anything in advance, absolutely not.

I could announce one morning that the world was going to blow up in three hours and people would be calling in about my hair!

You see, that's the problem I have with you people.