I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.

I never desired to go into war zones. I never had any thought about it. It sort of just happened as part of the job.

Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an illustration of the progress we still have to make.

I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and left it at.

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.

Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but now the nastiness has got worse.