I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.

Have you ever had any anger about President Bush - who spent his time during the Vietnam War in the National Guard - running, in effect, a campaign that does its best to diminish your service in Vietnam? You have to be at least irritated by that, or have you been?

I had someone at the Houston police station shoot me with heroin so I could do a story about it. The experience was a special kind of hell. I came out understanding full well how one could be addicted to 'smack,' and quickly.

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.

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Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of balance.

I've never believed in measuring one's worth by the size of his or her bank account. I prefer to look at distance traveled.