“With news, especially investigative pieces, you've got to be really sm...” — Bill Kurtis Quote

“With news, especially investigative pieces, you've got to be really smart and really lucky to be timely and to not get beaten by the big guys. You can't go head-to-head with the networks.”

“I have an affinity for Africa, especially East Africa, and Kansas looks very much like that.”

“The most frightening interview I've ever done was with Dr. Lonnie Thompson of The Ohio State University on the subject of global warming.”

“Choose something you like to do. I know it's a cliche, and you've heard it over and over. But the reason is, you're going to have to work long and hard to achieve any success. You better like it or life is going to be terrible.”

“There's something magical about putting yourself into life. You've got to stand up and take responsibility for your own life and you cannot abandon that.”

“There's room for a diversity of ages on television.”

“I'm a writer of fiction. I try to write about my time, but it's dangerous if I'm seen as an investigative writer. I manipulate and change and control.”

“I'm a reasonably accomplished journalist. I've worked as an investigative journalist, I've done crime beat stuff.”

“If an investigative reporter finds out that someone has been robbing the store, that may be 'gotcha' journalism, but it's also good journalism.”

“If I wasn't a writer/director, I would be an investigative journalist. There's something about being an undercover journalist. I mean, that's freakin' cool!”

“What passes for investigative journalism is finding somebody with their pants down - literally or otherwise.”

“The amount of money that's being put into long-form investigative journalism has become less and less.”