I Wrote In The Book Very Specifically

There Was No Equal Pay Law When I Started Working. I Was No Different To Any Other Woman In Any Other Job At The Time.

I Was Timid And Frightened As A Child. Yours Truly Did Not Shin Up Mountains Or Do Any Other Kind Of Adventurous Stuff.

It's Totally Mistaken To Suppose That An Armed Escort Is Going To Give A Journalist Any Protection - On The Contrary, Journalists Who Turn Up Surrounded By Armed Personnel Are Just Turning Themselves Into Targets And In Even Worse Danger.

On The Northern Ireland Question, For Instance, The British And Irish Governments Prohibit Media Contact With Members Of The Ira, But We Have Always Gone Ahead, Believing In The Right To Information.

The Better The Information It Has, The Better Democracy Works. Silence And Secrecy Are Never Good For It.