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Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory is that I was a closely observant person long before I became a reporter.

I've always thought of myself as a reporter.

I was so thrilled being a reporter, because it gave you the kind of access to people that you wouldn't ever get to meet.

I thank God I was a reporter before I became a writer.

I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.

Before journalism, I had worked doing medical aid work in conflict zones. Then, as a journalist, I had written about hospitals in war zones.

I became a journalist because one didn't have to specialise.

I was a war correspondent. I've watched great people crumble under pressure and make bad decisions.

I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a reporter. I don't know where I got the idea that it was a romantic calling.

In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.