I haven't had senators advocating for me.

When I fell, some people were in such shock that they didn't reach out. They were so mad at me, rather than having compassion for what happened. I lost a lot of friends.

It's reducing my entire professional career and background to this one word [mistress].

We had to communicate through our lawyers a couple of times over the years, and [David Petraeus] told me that people have been like, "Good job, Dave." Congratulating him. That's the double standard. I've concluded that sharing it won't change anything.

You need to accept responsibility for your mistakes. And I've done that.

I'm not in love with David Petraeus. But I think he does present a terrific role model.

I had been working on a second book with [David] Petraeus called Relentless. Obviously that book and the income that it would have generated went away.