Although I was entirely relaxed on camera, if I had to stand up and say something to an assembled group of people, I was rendered all but inarticulate.

Being a novelty had its advantages.

My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.

To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.

I very much wanted to be accepted by my peers, to be considered a serious journalist.

News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.

I don't exactly know what it means to be ready. A cake when the oven timer goes off? Am I fully baked, or only half-baked?