- When asked if he is narcissistic: "No, I'm too ugly to be narcissistic." The Wall Street Journal describes him as "the pre-eminent TV interviewer in America", while The Los Angeles Times refers to him as "the undisputed reigning lion of tough TV interview journalism."
- (Reflecting on ABC's almost succeeding in taking ABC News Nightline (1979) off the air in 2002:) "There's nothing more invigorating in life than getting shot at and missed" (tho he misquoted Churchill who used the final phrase "shot at without result").
- "I think we're glazing eyes all across America" [Interrupting a long-winded guest, ABC News Nightline (1979), 13 Feb 1987].
- I have the necessary lack of tact. [on interviewing guests on Nightline, 1984]
- Peter [Jennings] was famously attracted to women. Even so, he only married four of them.
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