I have spent the past ten years in just about every war zone there was.

And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.

For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime is actually on the decline, as somebody, as somebody mentioned?

But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and with about 100 dollars.

We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make no mistake about it, Ted Turner changed the world with CNN.

I strongly believe that journalism is one of the most noble professions, because without an informed world, and without an informed society, we are weak, we are weak.

Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win.

I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century.

In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay to aim his gun at a child.

Objectivity means trying to give all sides a hearing. It does not, in my view, mean treating all sides as equal.

My view is that when lies become mixed up with the truth, it's a very dangerous world.

I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reasonBringing something we must learnAnd we are led to those who help us most to grow If we let them and we help them in return.

our struggle to celebrate each other is what's proven most difficult in being human

There is none more lonely than the man who loves only himself.

Appearances are but a glimpse of what is hidden.

Plenty of people are onto the emptiness but it takes real guts to see the hopelessness.

There is a trouble called Twitter, the finest lies are here. Nowadays, social media is actually the headache of societies.

I've been on some fairways that are as good as the greens we putted on back then. We had crab grass. I remember one green where I putted through ants.

The first time I remember really being excited about a book was The Count of Monte Cristo.

Hungry people have especially clear minds.

And Brooke Elliott is a great actress.