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John Pomfret quotes: I had my life threatened by Bosnian Serbs on numerous occasions.

I had my life threatened by Bosnian Serbs on numerous occasions.

John Pomfret quotes: The work is a calling. It demands that type of obsession.

The work is a calling. It demands that type of obsession.

John Pomfret quotes: I've been shot at on numerous occasions.

I've been shot at on numerous occasions.

John Pomfret quotes: The desire to become a journalist came really because I very much like living abroad, and like to travel, and wanted to be paid for it.

The desire to become a journalist came really because I very much like living abroad, and like to travel, and wanted to be paid for it.

John Pomfret quotes: I was posted to China in the summer of 1988, which was the greatest time ever, I think, to have been in China.

I was posted to China in the summer of 1988, which was the greatest time ever, I think, to have been in China.

John Pomfret quotes: Working overseas is more difficult in that it's much more complicated to get people to open their hearts to you and to tell you information.

Working overseas is more difficult in that it's much more complicated to get people to open their hearts to you and to tell you information.

John Pomfret quotes: Stanford had no journalism program so I just learned by doing, effectively.

Stanford had no journalism program so I just learned by doing, effectively.

John Pomfret quotes: Srebrenica was a horrendous war crime and it had to be uncovered.

Srebrenica was a horrendous war crime and it had to be uncovered.

John Pomfret quotes: My main form of transportation at that time was a bicycle, because bicycles could move though the crowd.

My main form of transportation at that time was a bicycle, because bicycles could move though the crowd.

John Pomfret quotes: And then I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to China in 1980, which was quite early.

And then I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to China in 1980, which was quite early.

John Pomfret quotes: When you do a job like this you have to like having cold sweat on your back.

When you do a job like this you have to like having cold sweat on your back.

John Pomfret quotes: Whereas with foreign coverage there's a much broader disconnect between you and your audience.

Whereas with foreign coverage there's a much broader disconnect between you and your audience.

John Pomfret quotes: In some ways the domestic reporting is a lot easier because Americans will talk to you about anything.

In some ways the domestic reporting is a lot easier because Americans will talk to you about anything.