But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for.
- Kate Adie Quote

Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
- Kate Adie Quote

I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.
- Kate Adie Quote

I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.
- Kate Adie Quote

I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.
- Kate Adie Quote

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.
- Kate Adie Quote

I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.
- Kate Adie Quote

I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.
- Kate Adie Quote

I will never retire.
- Kate Adie Quote

I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.
- Kate Adie Quote

If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!
- Kate Adie Quote

It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio Times. Now people are interested in being famous. I never gave it a thought.
- Kate Adie Quote

My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's really going on; to get it verified and, then, to get it out to as many people as possible as fast as.
- Kate Adie Quote

Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.
- Kate Adie Quote

People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team - make-up, costume and a driver - but usually, in a war zone, there's only me and the cameraman.
- Kate Adie Quote

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
- Kate Adie Quote

Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but now the nastiness has got worse.
- Kate Adie Quote