Movie stars and singers never fully pass away because their images are replayed on film and recordings, over and over.

- Bill Kurtis

We know Roger Ebert loved the 'Sun-Times' and his career as a newspaper columnist. But ironically, it was his illness and losing his voice that caused him to explore another venue.

- Bill Kurtis

First of all, I'm a Midwesterner, being from Kansas, and Chicago is basically a big Midwestern cow town. It was built from the stockyards, and everyone is very friendly, and it's at the edge of the tallgrass prairie. There's just a good feel to it.

- Bill Kurtis

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.

- Bill Kurtis

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

- Bill Kurtis

That's the reason I left the networks. I wanted to write and report and coanchor.

- Bill Kurtis

Politics is still the No. 1 sport in town and the scoreboard shows the U.S. attorney's office leading.

- Bill Kurtis

People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter, you learn quickly.

- Bill Kurtis

My personal philosophy is I'm running a 100-yard dash, and I haven't reached the end.

- Bill Kurtis

In L.A., everyone is competing for the next job, and in New York, it's pretty much the same thing: competing for a better job.

- Bill Kurtis

If you're a producer, you always spend too much money because you want that shot - and you're willing to spend a bundle to get it.

- Bill Kurtis

I'd like 'Morning News' to become a great first edition electronic newspaper, so that the 'New York Times' will want to watch us.

- Bill Kurtis

I think there's value in experience and observations that link past to present.

- Bill Kurtis

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

- Bill Kurtis

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.

- Bill Kurtis

I believe that young people are looking for answers to the big questions just like everyone else, and that they respect intelligent comment to help guide them through tough times.

- Bill Kurtis

I've been producing documentaries on global warming for 20 years and have seen the early warnings of extreme weather events come true.

- Bill Kurtis

'Frontline' does 10 news shows a year, so one a week is quite an undertaking.

- Bill Kurtis

The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say 'we'll let it go this time,' you set a new standard, which is lower. So you cannot do that.

- Bill Kurtis

I never wanted to retire. I wanted to kind of shift my work pattern so I could stay fresh and invigorated, and use the experience that I had gained in 30 years, but in a slightly different direction.

- Bill Kurtis