I Never Desired To Go Into War

Having Had Loving People Who Brought Me Up, And Then I Find Another Set Of People. That Really Is A Double Blessing.

No Two Wars Are Identical.

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.

It Wasn't Glamorous In My Day. In The Regions, Reporters Were Seen As Such Low Life That They Didn't Merit Their Name In The Radio Times. Now People Are Interested In Being Famous. I Never Gave It A Thought.

Hair Is Also A Problem. I Remember Once, When I Was Reporting From Beirut At The Height Of The Civil War, Someone Wrote In To The Bbc Complaining About My Appearance.