To realize that your mother’s love life has been far more interesting than one’s own is a weird thing to discover. – Anderson Cooper
I understand why people might be interested. But I just don’t talk about my personal life. It’s a decision I made a long time ago, before I ever even knew anyone would be interested in my personal life. – Anderson Cooper
A lot of compelling stories in the world aren’t being told, and the fact that people don’t know about them compounds the suffering. – Anderson Cooper
I’ve always loved reporting from the field most of all. There’s something about doing live TV and being there as it happens that’s always appealed to me. I think there’s great value to bearing witness to these events as they’re actually happening. – Anderson Cooper
If you learn the language of loss early, I think you seek out others who have experienced the same thing, who speak that same language of loss. – Anderson Cooper
From the time I was growing up, if I felt that there was some, like, pot of gold waiting for me, I don’t know that I would have been so motivated. – Anderson Cooper
When a big event happens, people turn on to CNN, not only because they know there will be people there covering an event on the ground, but because they know we’re going to cover it in a way that’s non-partisan, that’s not left or right. – Anderson Cooper
If I’m hip, we’ve got a problem in this country. I really shouldn’t be held up as any model of hipness. If anything, I think I’m sort of old school in my approach to objective reporting and not wearing my opinion on my sleeve. There’s a lot of that in American TV news these days. Too much, in fact. – Anderson Cooper
I think the notion of traditional anchor is fading away – the all-knowing, all-seeing person who speaks from on high. I don’t think the audience really buys that anymore. As a viewer, I know I don’t buy it. – Anderson Cooper
Not to sound too Dr. Phil all of a sudden, but I think the key to survival is to embrace one’s past and to not run away from it. And to come to some sort of relationship with it or understanding of it. – Anderson Cooper
You might try the gym from time to time. It really is something you can incorporate into your life pretty seamlessly. – Anderson Cooper
I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you’re not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you’re special and begin to expect it. – Anderson Cooper
I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don’t know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don’t know as long as you say you don’t know it. – Anderson Cooper
I wanted to be Amish when I was a kid. You just wear black and white – what could be better? One less thing to worry about. – Anderson Cooper
There are some people who are Burger King people, and there are some people who are McDonald’s people. – Anderson Cooper
The whole celebrity culture thing – I’m fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it. – Anderson Cooper
I think it’s a good thing that there are bloggers out there watching very closely and holding people accountable. Everyone in the news should be able to hold up to that kind of scrutiny. I’m for as much transparency in the newsgathering process as possible. – Anderson Cooper