What I've Discovered Is That My Kids

I've Come To Recognize What I Call My 'inside Interests.' Telling Stories. And Helping People Tell Their Stories Is A Sort Of Interpersonal Gardening. My Work At Nbc News Was To Report The News, But In Hindsight, I Often Tried To Look For Some Insight To Share That Might Spark A Moment Of Recognition In A Viewer.

Most Of Us In The Baby-boom Generation Were Raised By Full-time Mothers. Even As Recently As 14 Years Ago, 6 Out Of 10 Mothers With Babies Were Staying At Home. Today That Is Totally Reversed. Does That Mean We Love Our Children Less Than Our Mothers Loved Us? No, But It Certainly Causes A Lot Of Guilt Trips.

I Probably Am More Shy Than People Realize. But I'm Shy When I Leave A Studio And I Am Just Myself.

I Can Cook; But Not Well. I Figure I Have Six Years Until My Children Discover What Their Friends' Mothers Make For Dinner.

I've Always Been Profoundly Ambivalent About Fame. I Think It Just Eats The Reality Out Of You And It Can Be Intoxicating Because I Like Some Of It.