In journalism I can only tell what happened. In fiction, I can show it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I mean, journalism is very detailed... you try to get down in the weeds and sort out exactly what happened. And I don't think that a feature film is really a place where that happens.
As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.
It turned out I really didn't like journalism. I wanted to make up stories, not cover real events.
The journalistic endeavor - at least theoretically - is grounded in objectivity. The goal is to get you to understand what happened, when and to whom.
As a journalist, the details always tell the story.
I can't think in terms of journalism without thinking in terms of political ends. Unless there's been a reaction, there's been no journalism. It's cause and effect.
I think the most important thing journalism taught me is to mine for details. The details are key. You can't try to be funny or strange or poignant; you have to let the details be funny or strange or poignant for you.
Well, to be honest I think I tell less truth when I write journalism than when I write fiction.
Journalism, for me, has always been a calling. There are things that must be exposed to the light, truths that must be uncovered, stories worth risking your life for.
It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about.