Anderson Cooper

I think the notion of traditional anchor is fading away - the all-knowing, all-seeing person who speaks from on high. I don't think the audience really buys that anymore. As a viewer, I know I don't buy it.

Obviously I was well aware that I had what people consider a privileged upbringing. My mom was never a bake-cookies sort of mom. I really had no reins whatsoever.

That's the thing about suicide. Try as you might to remember how a person lived his life, you always end up thinking about how he ended it.

My mom's made it clear to me that, like, there's no trust fund.

I'd like to have kids at some point. I think I'll have a family someday.

There are some things which are so horrific that some people feel they can't do anything about it: that the natural, understandable response is to tune it out.

There was a time when I first started when I made a fake press pass and borrowed a camera and headed into wars, and for three years, that was the only kind of story I was interested in doing.

I lose my wallet all the time, and I break my phone all the time.

When my mom turned 91, I wanted to use the time that we have left in our lives to get to know each other as adults.

When I was younger, I talked to the adults around me that I respected most about how they got where they were, and none of them plotted a course they could have predicted, so it seemed a waste of time to plan too long-term. Since then, I've always gone on my instincts.

Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both.

You might try the gym from time to time. It really is something you can incorporate into your life pretty seamlessly.