I don't suppose there's any public figure that's ever been subject to any more violent personal attacks than I have.

But I always think, when somebody attacks you, if it's not fair and you let them get away with it, it's your fault.

I suppose I should have my say about the terrorist attacks (9/11). I don't suppose it'll be a popular point of view, but they need to be put into some sort of perspective. They were a horrible tragedy, but also what happened in New York and Washington is the same thing that England and America did to Berlin every day for three years during WW2 - and Germany did the same thing to England. But most Americans don't think about that. They think everything starts and finishes with America.

I had made a terrible personal mistake which I didn't try to correct until almost a year later and I had to live with it, and it caused enormous amount of pain to my family, to my administration, to the country.

I suppose I should have my say about the terrorist attacks. I don't suppose it'll be a popular view, but they need to be put into some sort of perspective. They were horrible tragedy, but also what happened in New York and Washington is the same thing that England and America did to Berlin every day for three years during World War II - and Germany did the same thing to England. But most Americans don't think about that. They think everything starts and finishes with America. It is the first time this has ever happened to America, so you would expect them to overreact a bit.

I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.