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

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.

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

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

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.

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

To write an article about someone and then to have that person murdered is disturbing.