We did exactly what everybody in the country did, watching it. You entered this state of sort of denials. You think, well, it must have been a tragic accident by an amateur pilot. And then you see the next plane coming.

An investigation may take six months. A quick interview, profile, a day.

The most fun is getting paid to learn things.

I have a contract but it's not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It's our ongoing conversation.

We did exactly what everybody in the country did, watching it. You entered this state of sort of denials. You think, well, it must have been a tragic accident by an amateur pilot. And then you see the next plane coming.

Start in a small TV station so you can make all of your embarrassing mistakes early and in front of fewer people!

I get involved in the beginning, less in the middle, and very much at the end.