I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.

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

In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.

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.'

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.

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!

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