I never intended to be a journalist. Frankly, I don't think I ever was a journalist. I backed into it.

Why are we inspired by another person's courage? Maybe because it gives us the sweet and genuine surprise of discovering some trace, at least, of the same courage in ourselves.

When it became clear that Lennon was not going to speak with me, it really became a how-I-didn't-get-the-story story. It was a caper.

I never intended to be a journalist. Frankly, I don't think I ever was a journalist. I backed into it.

I've never written a hard journalism piece in my life. I've never wanted to do that.

Success and failure. We think of them as opposites, but they're really not. They're companions - the hero and the sidekick.

I listen to the Beatles all the time - in my car, at the gym. The Beatles are still part of my life. And because of that, John Lennon - in life and in death - remains part of my life.