I have been fiercely private, in part because I could never understand how a journalist could be otherwise. I was also the mother of small children, and security concerns were paramount.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information.
I never thought my private life would be newsworthy.
My father was a newspaper editor, so I was surrounded by journalists my entire life. I think the fact that he was so well known may be why I chose to go into magazines and move to the States at a young age.
I'll tell you one thing about me: I'm very private. I always have been private. People think I'm callous, arrogant. I didn't like the media attention.
We live in a time where the media is a very difficult thing to navigate because it's everywhere, and I tend to want to be a lot more private with my life.
My relationship with the journalists who covered the campaign was complicated. I often hid from the critical eye of their cameras and their omnipresent digital recorders, wary of the critique implicit in every captured moment. But I also grew to respect and understand their passion for their work, their love for the journey we were sharing.
It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my private life and my need for seclusion and security.
Everything about my life is private, really. I'm not so sure that any of it has ever been public.
I've chosen not to talk about my really private life to the press - I've never invited a huge amount of attention.
Why would anyone ever tell anything personal to a journalist?
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