Conflict is part of being a foreign correspondent; spending long hours talking to politicians in capitals is another part of it.

I think it would be slightly perverse to continue tempting fate by going back to the same places and doing the same sort of thing.

It wasn't something I started off in my teens or early twenties thinking I want to be a war correspondent. I still don't think of myself as a war correspondent. I'm not. I'm a foreign correspondent.

War is part of what I do, it's not what I do. It's certainly not what I am and who I am.

All things are possible if you believe...

You must choose the life you live at the time you live it.

Where westand depends on where we sit.

Peace and love is the absence of religion in the presence of God.

Gin and tonics won't say "I love you" and neither will he.

Looking in the mirror to check if my tie is straight is a waste of my time. I only look in the mirror once a day, and that's in the morning when I shave.

Humiliation and mental oppression by ignorant and selfish teachers wreak havoc in the youthful mind that can never be undone and often exert a baleful influence in later life.

I seem to enjoy making my life miserable by taking on too many projects and always wishing I could put more time into all of them.

If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good.

Can one serve God and one's nation in parliament?