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“When the camera’s rolling, when the curtain’s opened…I like the danger in it. It’s strangely one of the places I feel most comfortable.”

"Everybody asks: what are the rules of cinema verite? There were no rules. We just filmed.... A journalist is supposed to shine a light on something that people are overlooking; that they're not paying attention to and make them pay attention to it. You're holding a mirror up to society. That's what happened with 'An American Family.'"

"We don’t cover issues. We tell stories. And I think that is still a fundamental concept that makes '60 Minutes' different."

"I like writing for television best because in TV you can just call up transportation. You don’t have to write about a stupid car and what it looks like, and what year it is, and things like that. Also because I just love writing dialogue."