Article: "I took the blows and did it my way": one year ago, Judith Regan ignited a media firestorm after interviewing O.J. Simpson and agreeing to publish his confessional book. Here, in her own words, she reflects on ambition, death threats, and the life lessons she's learned.(Bazaar Exclusive)

for the first time in 27 years, I finally had a full night of sleep.

I'd been running constantly for decades. It had become insane: 18 hour days, seven days a week, years without a break. I was a classic workaholic. If I climbed one mountain, I had to climb a higher one. I had to constantly set new unreachable goals.

When I ran ReganBooks at HarperCollins, I was the perfectionist manager who wanted everything better. My authors' book covers had to be perfect ... the title had to be changed 20 times ... the sales goals had to be revised ... the content had to be restructured. I was never happy unless it was done and done right.

Doing it right drove a few people ...

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