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In a time of transition for journalism all around the world, it's reassuring to know that some of the old ways endure.

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage nearly that... but I have published slightly too much recently.

There's more than enough in the world I am currently writing about to last for several lifetimes of writing.

I have learned many things in the 30 years that I have been writing.

We have increasingly fewer and fewer journalists who have any military experience and understand what life is like in the military and in combat.

I've been a financial journalist for 30 years.

I think any journalist who spends time in a place realizes that there are lots of stories around beyond their primary story. You meet so many interesting people and have all kinds of experiences.

Anybody who's spent thirteen or fourteen years in print journalism has a lot of stories he thinks were inwardly satisfying as far as preparation, understanding, and diligence.

There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.

One tends to overlook the fact that all during the 30's and actually during the late 40's I was a highly successful writer and a great many properties accumulated during that period of time.