I joke that I spent 38 years scouring the globe, going to war zones, trying to find the person with my exact birthday.

I think we do have an interest in combating states that try to cross borders and steal parts of other people's country.

We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent future atrocities.

I tell young people: If you make a job choice on the basis of something other than your nose or your gut, it's unlikely to work out.... It's perilous to look ahead and be like, "I'd like to be ambassador." I would never have gone to Bosnia or spent years writing about genocide. Do it on the basis of what you can learn.... It's like falling in love. Your whole dating life, you're thinking, On the one hand, on the other hand. Then you meet the right guy, and you're not in list-making mode; you're just with the person you're supposed to be with. Jobs are like that too.

I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.

I believe the United States is the greatest country on Earth. I really do.

I was working in the same building as U.S. News & World Report, and I banged on the door and said, "I'm ready to go." And they said, "What's your combat experience?" I said, "Does my parents' divorce count? It was pretty rough." Then they said, "What's your reporting experience?" And I said, "I covered the women's volleyball team in college exceptionally well." The guy was like, "You are so not ready to be a war correspondent."