The thing I love about reporting is being able to blend in with any group, whether that's neo-Nazis or pedophiles.

Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both.

Each child’s story is worthy of telling. There shouldn’t be a sliding scale of death. The weight of it is crushing.

Socialism isn't just a list of economic prescriptions for government. Perhaps above all, socialism is a moral view.

We'd be happy to have more fair treatment in the media, but I'm not going to find unicorns on my doorstep tomorrow.

Congo is one of the least-developed countries in the world, and has millions of acres of virtually untouched forest.

You might try the gym from time to time. It really is something you can incorporate into your life pretty seamlessly.

I personally tend to be drawn to stories that aren't paid much attention to, or stories that aren't on people's radar.

Anderson [Cooper], I guess the question I have is why can't CNN cover Obamacare, and ISIS, and radical Islamic terrorism?

In my real life, I wear a T-shirt, gray or white, and the same pair of jeans. Literally, the same pair of jeans every day.

You guys should know we do [ cover Obamacare, and ISIS, and radical Islamic terrorism] because you watch CNN all day long.

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.

The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.

I'm always uncomfortable with that notion of setting people up in order to kind of promote, you know, some sort of a face-off.

Our skin is very thin. It doesn't take much for us to jump off a ledge or to kill one another. It can happen very, very quickly.

If someone knows me and likes me or my work, they're more likely to allow me to tell their story. But it also cuts the other way.

I'm not trying to be something that I'm not. I'm just trying to be myself and talk about what I know, and admit what I don't know.

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.

A lot of people know the name Gloria Vanderbilt, but they don't really know the whole story behind her, the real person that she is.

I think viewers realize that people are a lot more three-dimensional than TV has traditionally portrayed them, particularly in news.

In terms of the people that President [Donald] Trump is going to have around him, the cabinet. Predominantly white, predominantly male.

I don't think I'm fearless at all. I think anybody who says they're fearless doesn't last very long. I think I'm pretty cautious, actually.

That's the thing about suicide. Try as you might to remember how a person lived his life, you always end up thinking about how he ended it.

My personal favorite [ moment] was when someone asked for one selfie too many and [Andy Cohen] snapped and tried to kill her by hugging her.

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.

I've always believed that who a reporter votes for, what religion they are, who they love, should not be something they have to discuss publicly.

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.

Everyone says buying your first apartment makes you feel like an adult. What no one mentions is that selling it turns you right back into a child.

As I was reading the book [Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries] I kept thinking, "Sweetie, you are dancing as fast as you can!"

I graduated in 1989, and I'd focused almost entirely on the Soviet Union and communism ... so when the Berlin wall fell, I was, well, I was screwed.

I've always giggled like a 13-year-old girl at a Justin Bieber meet and greet. There's nothing I can do about it but I've never not been able to stop.

I rarely asks people for advice or permission when I'm planning on doing something I feel strongly about. That only opens the plan up to be crapped on.

There's just a proliferation of blogs and the chattering classes and people talking. More avenues for people to make their feelings known, which is good.

Anytime you stop and talk to somebody and you learn about them, you start to walk in their shoes a little bit and you see things through a different lens.

In a perfect world, I don't think it [one's sexual orientation] is anyone else's business, but I do think there is value in standing up and being counted.

Donald Trump said he doesn't care about Paul Ryan's support, he doesn't want Paul Ryan's support, that he might be better off without Paul Ryan's support.

I don't want to do anything that puts my team members, my camera people or producers, in danger, so it's an ongoing dialogue on all the stories that we do.

Anderson [Cooper]!Hillary Clinton is running as the first female president who has a sitting president and first lady much more popular than she will ever be.

There are some things which are so horrific that some people feel they can't do anything about it: that the natural, understandable response is to tune it out.

I think if you've suffered, if you've experienced loss, you're probably more open to understanding it and more comfortable talking about it and experiencing it.

It's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to - to prove you're client's guilt.

Politics was his passion, but he wasn't suited for the rough-and-tumble of the game. He felt things too deeply. There was no wall between his head and his heart.

Obviously I was well aware that I had what people consider a privileged upbringing. My mom was never a bake-cookies sort of mom. I really had no reins whatsoever.

I have gas mask in my office because I took Chem/bio warfare training class so I can report in case of an attack. It’s on a copy of my head made by Madame Tussauds

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.

You can't stop suffering, you can't stop terrible things from happening, but you can bear witness... The least us reporters can do is go there and tell their stories.

Graduation is a big deal-bigger than getting a hole-in-one while golfing. People might think you're lying about the hole-in-one, but when you graduate, you get a diploma.

I don't believe in letting fear dictate what you do, but that doesn't mean you don't feel afraid or frightened. I think it's normal and healthy to be afraid in situations.

I don't feel I'm very present in each moment. I feel like every moment I'm either thinking about something that's coming down the road or something that's been in the past.

In my opinion, the ability to love another person is one of God's greatest gifts, and I thank God every day for enabling me to give and share love with the people in my life.

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