Journalism Quotes

I became a journalist because I didn’t want to have to rely on the press for information… I only read it to make sure of whatever everyone else thinks is going on, because it’s useful to know what people think is the news.

Each genre has its own process. I’m very intuitive about poetry. I usually write first and second drafts out by hand. The other end of the spectrum is journalism, which is much more cerebral, more thought-out and planned.

And I know that when I worked daily journalism it really affected my patience with literature, which I think requires reflection, and a different kind of engagement.

No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.

As a writer I’m merely a journalist who has learned to write better than others.

Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.

What I am is something unbearable for the world of journalism and the world of cliches. I’m a realist.

I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.

Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.

Italian journalism is free because it serves one cause and one purpose… mine!