lots of stories. you have been asking a lot of personal questions that don t have anything to do with my qualifications to do this job. you know what? you ve got spunk. i hate spunk! the original idea that they had was that i was a recently divorced woman. cbs said no. you can t have her divorced because everyone will think she is divorced from dick van dike. there are three things you can t do a show about. jews, people with mustaches and divorced people. jim and alan wanted to write a show about a woman working in a newsroom who was newly on her own, independent, but terrified. it was not about women s lib.
crusading progressive journalist. fantastically smart guy. new york made some big changes in the next couple of years and tony and the mayor will be part of that. they will do it with the best of hearts. but it s going wild ride around here for the next couple of years. let s go through your happiness guide. first of all, what was your inspiration to write this book. is there something in your background? 2012 was so grim for republicans. i m a big romney guy. i wrote a biography about him in 2007. i wrote his campaign book. and so i was pretty bummed as most republicans were. when i sat down to write a book. i m going to do something different with 10,000 interviews and if you start adding up the number you ve done whether julie andrews or dick van dike, there s always good stories to tell. i began to make a chart of what