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I got into journalism because I came of age in the '60s. It just seemed one way for me to get things done.

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things.

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

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.

And I've been incredibly lucky to have a long career in journalism that has given me a front-row seat to some of the most important moments in modern American political life.

I had discovered journalism to be my life's ambition.

As a youngster, I think I said I wanted to be a journalist, but that's a disguise for being a writer.

I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.

I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.

Having been a journalist for almost 20 years and then becoming a politician has definitely been an interesting and enriching experience for me.