It is natural for us to pay attention to North Korea and human rights issues of North Korean defectors but I wish people would not try to create stars. The reality is different from Hollywood movies.

I agree strongly that no story is more valuable than someone's life.

I think I was able to endure risks not because I was ambitious about great stories but I was curious as a journalist.

People don't tend to lie about themselves when they're in imminent danger.

People at any stage will profit by taking the wheel and getting pointed in the right direction.

The enemy doesn't warn its target. Emergencies do not make appointments, and the greatest battles of life are often surprises.

Ladies, your happiness is very important to us. You have to understand that. Because when you're happy, you let us touch you.

You don't know how it would have turned out if [kids] would grown up in Chicago instead, and a more normal environment.

In 1904, 20 per cent of journeys were made by bicycle in London. I want to see a figure like that again. If you can't turn the clock back to 1904, what's the point of being a Conservative?

Breathe the sweetness that hovers in August.

I don't believe there's a baseball job that I couldn't take care of.

You've got to be tough to win.

I find the scientific mind horrendous. All those brains and not a moral imperative between them.