Sometimes I forget some of the things I’ve done. I recently recalled that after Watergate I went away by myself to Tahiti for a month, moving from island to island. That was a point in my life where I didn’t know what was next. – Diane Sawyer
I’ve always found a cure for the blues is wandering into something unknown, and resting there, before coming back to whatever weight you were carrying. – Diane Sawyer
Start in a small TV station so you can make all of your embarrassing mistakes early and in front of fewer people! – Diane Sawyer
I get to go to work and come home with something interesting or enriching or astonishing. – Diane Sawyer
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. – Diane Sawyer
I love the early process of asking questions about a story and deciding which questions matter most. – Diane Sawyer
I’ve always wanted to throw a party where everyone comes with their mother’s meatloaf. Everybody could evoke their mother’s memory through her meatloaf. – Diane Sawyer
I think there’s a point at which you know how you dress isn’t going to affect how much you do in life. – Diane Sawyer
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. – Diane Sawyer
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!’ – Diane Sawyer
If you’re curious, you’ll probably be a good journalist because we follow our curiosity like cats. – Diane Sawyer
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. – Diane Sawyer
I like talking. I didn’t know at the time I would have to worry so much about my hair. – Diane Sawyer
I have a contract but it’s not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It’s our ongoing conversation. – Diane Sawyer
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. – Diane Sawyer
Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination. – Diane Sawyer
I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention. – Diane Sawyer
Part of this new world of completely improvisational terrorism is that there were codes of war that disintegrated in the face of terrorism. – Diane Sawyer
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. – Diane Sawyer
