But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the world, the United States, which affects every other country in the world.

If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect for ourselves and what we do?

My view is that when lies become mixed up with the truth, it's a very dangerous world.

And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that I could never have sustained a personal relationship while I worked this hard, or while I was that driven this intensely by the story.

Mostly, as I said, a desire to do a bit of good, and the quaint notion that this is what we signed up for, this is the business that we have chosen.

I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century.

But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the world, the United States, which affects every other country in the world.