The thing about lying to your parents is, you have to do it to protect them.
It’s for their own good.

There's nothing like your mother's sympathetic voice to make you want to burst into tears.

There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.

A mistake isn’t a mistake unless it can’t be put right.

I can never resist telling people good news. I mean, why not brighten someone else's life too?

I never did any training in journalism or in finance, so I really was in the deep end. I got very good at going to press conferences and nodding. I'd figure it out when I got back to the office. Charts and numbers. I've never been great with facts, ever, my whole life. For a journalist, that's not a very good trait.