No two wars are identical.

I have no time for the endless nostalgia: 'Oh gosh I used to . . . ' Life is too short; I don't have any time for sitting and saying I miss things. What's the point? Go and do something else.'

If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!

On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone ahead, believing in the right to information.

I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.

I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.

Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.