I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.

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I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.

I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.

I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.

I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.

I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I...

I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I...

Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.

Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.

Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an...

Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an...

I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains...

I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains...

It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist...

It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist...

I don't sit there and speculate. I'm not that sort of person. It wastes time,...

I don't sit there and speculate. I'm not that sort of person. It wastes time,...

Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at...

Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at...

No two wars are identical.

No two wars are identical.

My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's...

My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's...

I will never retire.

I will never retire.

But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from...

But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from...

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never...

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never...

It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low...

It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low...

On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact...

On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact...

I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and...

I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and...

In Sierra Leone last year there was just the two of us hanging out of...

In Sierra Leone last year there was just the two of us hanging out of...

If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to...

If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to...

I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.

I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.