Alisyn Camerota

Infertility has long been a taboo subject, which has only served to make those who suffer from it feel more embarrassed and isolated.

If it's a beautiful day we love to go to the Museum of Natural History. They have sprinklers. It's what passes for a water park on the Upper West Side.

There are three networks and dozens of online sites devoted almost exclusively to amplifying President Trump's nonsense.

I still believe in hearing all sides, except the crazy violent side.

You shouldn't have to take grief from anyone just to keep your job. If someone is being a bully or abusing their power, don't feel like you have to tolerate it. Chances are, you're not alone and he or she is tormenting other people as well.

One of the best parts of my job is the opportunity to shine a spotlight on issues that I care about.

I feel like the MeToo movement has paved the way for victims of sexual harassment to know they're not alone and that they'll be believed if they speak up.

I figured out at 15-years-old that I wanted to be a television reporter and from that moment I made decisions towards that goal: working at my college television station, getting hands-on internships and volunteering at a radio station.

I used to prepare for my morning show by looking over my notes, reviewing the lead stories and seeing who the guests are.

That is the kind of magic of campaigns. The unpredictability of what goes on on the campaign trail is what makes it so exciting.

Why would I want to go on national television and talk about something as personal as infertility? Believe me, I wasn't always this open about it. I kept the secret from most everyone in my life: my coworkers, relatives, my best friends, my parents.

Whatever we are dealing with, this too shall pass.

By 29, I'd gone on dozens of first dates and had handfuls of yearlong relationships. I thought I was practicing for marriage. Today, I know dating and marriage involve entirely different skill sets.

Every day you wake up is a new opportunity to make your own luck.

Dating involves being witty and charming and making reservations at fabulous restaurants. Marriage involves compromise... something that sounded to me like a combo of castor oil and settling.

At 29, my career trajectory appeared to be blazing a meteoric trail.

CNN is just about smart, interesting programming.

When we have news - and we have news all the time - people want the latest, they want the facts, they want to know how it affects them.

I don't know many people anymore who sit down at 6:30 to watch the evening news. But morning newscasts are appointment viewing in that you always just have it on.

More and more, that's where everybody's getting their news. You turn on your news in the morning, you're doing other things, but you have it on in the background while you're getting ready, and that's your news hit for the day.

That's how I process issues. I like writing them out. It's calming for me when things slow down in that way.

I like to write to decompress - that's very satisfying to me.

It's important to be able to speak directly to people, have real conflict and resolve it.

I publically broke up with Twitter - having nothing to do with President Trump - I just felt that it was just a toxic playground.

I'm interested, obviously, in what viewers have to say. And obviously as a journalist I want to have my finger on the pulse. But I really don't need to hear every person's insults.

I like talking to real people. That's why I do my job - even people who disagree with me, you know, Dana Loesch or whomever.

I got a real education at Fox from being around so many conservatives and you know, having my antenna attuned to bias, in either direction.

CNN is built on the mechanics of journalism.

I never, ever have had Jeff Zucker tell me what I need to say. Never.

I spend some portion of every day lying supine on a sofa or on my bed staring out the window at the branches of a tree gently wafting in the wind. I mean, I have to find a way to get centered and regroup and get back to something zen.

I'm very conscious every morning that I have a platform and that I can do with this platform what I want. And I am very conscious of trying to, as best I can, lower the temperature; as best I can, trying to be fair; as best I can, trying to be reasonable.

I had a hard time working for Roger Ailes, on a bunch of different levels. And I think that we were all scared. He was a scary person to work for. It wasn't easy.

At 'New Day,' I don't get any marching orders.

I'm originally a suburban girl from New Jersey, but I've lived in many places on both sides of the country, which has informed a lot of my world view.

I worry about my kids' cyber futures, particularly in the love-life department. It seems their generation meets online instead of the way we did.

There is a scene in 'Amanda Wakes Up' where it seems like something so high-stakes is happening in her world - and there is an ethical debate as to whether to cover it or not. She goes outside and sees the morning commute and realizes there are people who are just living their lives.

People I encounter recognize me and ask me what's going on.

I try to be open and try to ask tough questions of everyone. We all do come to the table with our own life experiences and relationships.

I try to be non-partisan. I really work on that. I struggle with that.

It's fun to be able to invent fiction, but I like real stories, better.

I know how to tell stories, so I tell real stories.

There are always ethical dilemmas that journalists face. Every day we are making decisions about 'What are we going to lead with?' 'What are we going to leave out?'

You know, there are many mornings I come in and pray for other news to eclipse any sort of Russia thread.

We are always respectful. Sometimes, we have to interrupt people if they are blathering on with their talking points, but even then, our viewers expect us to get in there and stop the nonsense.

The association between Christmas and punk rock started when I was 13, when my friends and I went to see a band play in the cafeteria of our high school. It was a punk rock band. A band called Shrapnel.

Let's face it, not all sites or apps are following the tried and true news rule of being vigilantly fact-based.

I would never have believed that the most powerful man in the world would think his own words have no power.

At CNN, we didn't let candidates' claims go unchecked. So, for example, in an interview with me, when Trump claimed he had never expressed disapproval about the United States going into Afghanistan, I had to correct him.

Because Donald Trump wasn't a politician, he seemed unburdened by party messaging, 'political correctness' or talking points. He appeared unwedded to any particular ideology, as he borrowed positions from across the political spectrum, cobbling together a platform that was neither Republican nor Democratic, but rather Trumpian.

In May of 2016, I went to Trump Tower to meet with then-candidate Donald Trump. The meeting came about after he'd canceled a couple of appearances on 'New Day' and I got the impression he was avoiding doing interviews with me.