Top 7 Don Hewitt Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “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.”

— Don Hewitt

2. “I’ve always said there are four words that every child in the world knows, and those are, “Tell me a story,.” Even the people who wrote the Bible knew that. They told stories, like the story of Noah.”

— Don Hewitt

3. “I plan to die at my desk.”

— Don Hewitt

4. “The businessman only wants two things said about his company-what he pays his public relations people to say and what he pays his advertising people to say. He doesn’t like anybody ever to look above, beyond or over that.”

— Don Hewitt

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

— Don Hewitt

6. “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.”

— Don Hewitt

7. “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.”

— Don Hewitt

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