Secret of my success was to have ambition and know minds of men.
Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but now the nastiness has got worse.
Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an illustration of the progress we still have to make.
It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
No two wars are identical.
Having had loving people who brought me up, and then I find another set of people. That really is a double blessing.
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.
Sickness is the result not only of our acts, but out thoughts also.
After a while, we start really believing these things are true. People who have had self-defeating behaviors for a long time, such as people who have been overweight since they were children or people with longtime addictions, actually believe there is no other alternative.
We shall continue to work for a Middle East that is free of strife and violence, living in harmony without the threat of terrorism or the dangers of weapons of mass destruction.
He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune.