I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.

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

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.

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

I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.

Having had loving people who brought me up, and then I find another set of people. That really is a double blessing.

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