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" I think the sensibilities of having grown up in Upstate New York and the concerns, the fears, the hopes of the people there are reflected all over the country. "

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" I think that with our 'Made in America' segments, where we go out to these factories all around the country, is essentially giving people a high-five and signal to them that we're in this together. "

David Muir

Giving

Think

America

" I wrote to the local news guy when I was 12 years old. I said, 'What do I need to do to be you one day?' "

" I still like the physicality of papers. "

" I hope people know that when I'm sitting there, it's not some guy on a desk on a platform with sort of this voice-of-God approach. "

" I think I was always a curious kid. "

" Not a day goes by when we're not grateful to see that viewers seem to be responding. "

" If we can get people engaged in the world around them in any form, in any way, that's a positive thing, and hopefully we can get them to come to the news more. "

" I need to ask the questions the people at home want answered. "

" I think Americans are a lot smarter than many give them credit for. "

" When I travel the country, I am often struck by how much we actually have in common. It's much more powerful than how much there is that's reported that divides us. "

" Peter Jennings was the James Bond of evening news, and I always wanted to be that. His evening news was really a conversation with America, and I hope that's something I can achieve. "

" I often work seven days a week. I'm not looking for a pat on the back because I love what I do. "

" I remember being in New Orleans after Katrina hearing people calling, 'Help me,' and wanting to slide down in the seat of my car because it felt like I was invading their suffering. But I also know that our being there gave them a voice. "

David Muir

Voice

People

" I think people do want to cut through the noise, and they do want straight shooters, and they want you to call people out on the facts when the facts are the facts. "

" I think there is a danger when it comes to fake news because there is some fake news out there, but there's also a danger when you only hear back to you the beliefs you already have. "

" When we get news 24 hours a day, I think people need the evening newscast more than ever. "

" I do feel if we underestimate the viewer, it's at our own peril. "

" There's no such thing as alternative facts. "

" At 25, I found myself anchoring coverage of President Clinton's impeachment trial from Capitol Hill for WTVH-TV in my hometown of Syracuse, New York. I then covered Hillary Clinton's first Senate run. "

" While anchoring at Boston's WCVB-TV, I reported on Mitt Romney's run for Massachusetts governor. "

" A huge part of my life is my job, and that's the highest compliment you can pay to any job. "

" There's something about a sign-off that seems predictable. I just say whatever comes to my mind, to the pleasure and horror of the control room, I'm sure. "

" It's a business driven by curiosity. If you don't want to go out and learn about the world and see the place, it's the wrong business. But if you do... I've had an unbelievable front row seat. "

" I can report from the field with a tiny camera and a laptop. "

" If any event teaches you how to perform on no sleep, it's a hurricane. "

" The reporting has always been what drives me. "

David Muir

Drives

Reporting

" If you go to certain cable news shows, you're generally going to hear the viewpoints that you already have reported back to you. I think there's no harm in that. "

David Muir

Back

Going

" I think the American people are bombarded with information from all directions, all day long. "

" The evening news is evolving rapidly, and I think we have to be extraordinarily nimble. "

" Every evening, I would excuse myself from playing in the backyard and go inside to watch the evening news... I wanted to get out there and see the world, and as a kid, I knew that Peter Jennings had a thirst and hunger to travel the world, too. "