Dan Rather |
HOLLYWOOD - Dan Rather says that when he has to spend long hours on the air during coverage of major news events he relies on something he calls "zoom juice." In an interview with Texas Monthly, Rather described it as "a heavy protein mixture that's whipped up in a blender. Frankly I don't know what's in the damn stuff_someone on my staff makes it_but it's good for a few reasons: It gives you a burst of energy, you can gulp it down quickly, and it's liquid, so you're not chewing when you come back on the air."
But when he finally got a break, he says, he was unable to fall asleep.
"I read the Bible. Frequently that will take my mind off things. It didn't. Then I picked up whatever I could find. I tried to read Richard Reeves's new book about Richard Nixon. I got through three sentences. I ate, paced, tried to sleep. Sleep wouldn't come."