I sell my first book to Random House, a memoir of my years as a war photographer, for twice my NBC salary. Votes: 9
I have an Emmy, but it's no big deal: work in TV news long enough, you eventually get one. Votes: 9
I do miss the excitement of seeing history up close, of having intimate knowledge, through direct experience, of what happens when people and governments clash, but I do not miss the danger or the constant displacement. Votes: 8
I am nothing if not rational about what is worthy of my anxiety and what is not, and I refuse to live my life as if a giant bus is just around the corner, waiting to crush me the minute I step off the curb. Votes: 7
My husband and I were born three weeks apart, and our plan had always been to throw a joint party for our 40th birthdays. Votes: 6
This is what sexism does best: it makes you feel crazy for desiring parity and hopeless about ever achieving it. Votes: 5
Photography forces one out into the world, interacting with people and the environment. It flexes all those right brain, spatially-adept muscles. Votes: 5
I'd always assumed that by 40 I'd have at least a modicum of stability - a steady income, an established career, a bountiful fullness, like a pillow into which I could sink as I entered the second half of my life. Votes: 3
When it comes down to it, I believe that, having made the decision to bring children into the world, I owe it to them to be as present as I can in their daily lives and to try my best to stay alive until they've made it through to adulthood. Votes: 1