I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.

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I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.

I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.

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 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...

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...

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...

Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but...

Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but...

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

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

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,...

People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team - make-up,...

People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team - make-up,...

When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is...

When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things...

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things...

No two wars are identical.

No two wars are identical.