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

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

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.

War zones are dangerous, protests can be violent, also, natural disasters are difficult to cover, so there are going to be risks.

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.'

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