I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then.
It's a journalist's job to be a witness to history. We're not there to worry about ourselves. We're there to try and get as near as we can, in an imperfect world, to the truth and get the truth out.
Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.

