There are very few really stark black and white stories.

The best nourishment for any soul is to create your own risks.

My writing is extremely important, so I write every day. I just enjoy it. I get a kick out of it.

My own view, there is a need for and a demonstrated need for more journalism now than there ever has been.

We have increasingly fewer and fewer journalists who have any military experience and understand what life is like in the military and in combat.

Most of the gaffes I've made have not been funny - they've been stupid.

My Marine experience helped shape who I am now personally and professionally, and I am grateful for that on an almost daily basis.