There have been trade-offs every day, every month, every year. There's a lot that I missed and I do have regrets in that area. But I have been able to bring to my family the richness of being a journalist.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I was 26 or 27, I gave up journalism. I came to England after my mom died, to let serendipity take its course. And I just found myself back in journalism again.
Journalism, for me, has always been a calling. There are things that must be exposed to the light, truths that must be uncovered, stories worth risking your life for.
I don't think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.
I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information.
I started off as a journalist when I was young and I did not get paid unless I wrote three stories a day.
For somebody who is a journalist, I can be awfully unobservant sometimes.
I think the key to being a journalist is getting your subject to feel comfortable enough to talk about stuff they want to talk about and the stuff they like and don't like, and still feel comfortable about it.
I recognize that I had a good deal of good luck in my life. I came along at a time when it was pretty easy to get a job in journalism. I went to work at CBS News when I was about 22, and within a year or so was reporting on the air.
There are a lot of really good skills you get from doing journalism - it completely changed my world and how I interact with other people.
I've been avoiding journalists my whole life.