News Correspondent Quotes

Don't call me a journalist; I hate the word. It's pretentious!

Covering Richard Nixon's triumphant run in 1968 turned out to be my last major assignment as a general correspondent for CBS News. In September of that year, '60 Minutes' made its debut and I began the best, the most fulfilling job a reporter could imagine.

My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.

I am working as a co-host on a show called, 'Lifetime Live.' It's on the Lifetime cable network. My co-host is Deborah Roberts. She's a news correspondent with 20/20. We are billed as a news and information show. It's fun.

When I came to CBS it was the mother church. I mean that was - everybody wanted to go to work for CBS News.

I know the rigors of network news. I didn't want to be jumping on an airplane twice a week. I didn't want to be tied to my pager and my cellphone.

The legendary yet factual Curtis Wilkie has been the right man in the right place at an uncanny number of extraordinary times.

I would like to expand my brand to include destinations in Vegas and also become an entertainment news correspondent.