这些天与记者交谈就像是一场致命的国际象棋比赛。您必须考虑前进的几步。您必须想象记者可能会扭曲您的陈述的所有可能方式。气氛是无情的。
(Talking to a reporter these days was like a deadly chess match; you had to think several steps ahead; you had to imagine all the possible ways a reporter might distort your statement. The atmosphere was relentlessly adversarial.)