19 Quotes by Don Hewitt

Confrontation is not a dirty word. Sometimes it's the best kind of journalism as long you don't confront people just for the sake of a confrontation.

He can thread a needle with a well-turned phrase.

I can tell you categorically that we at 60 Minutes did not pay Michael Jackson one cent.

You know that clicker? It's going to change the world more than any other thing.

Let's give the conventions back to the politicians. If we think there's any news, we can tack it on afterward as commentary. But the conventions should be their show, not ours.

I have a built-in bias against reporters who have axes to grind. I think there are reporters that allow their own bias to encroach on their journalism, and that's a crime against journalism.

He had a knack for getting things out of people that others never got out of them niches and hidden moments that they never shared with anyone. But they did with Mike.

He was probably the best-blocking running back I ever saw. He was just an outstanding player who always knew how to keep the team loose. He always had everyone laughing when he would pull tricks on guys.

When there was a disaster, it used to be that people went to church and all held hands. Now the minute anything happens they run to CNN.