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There are a lot of really good skills you get from doing journalism - it completely changed my world and how I interact with other people.

Politics demands certain skills honed by experience, just as journalism does, just as acting does.

Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism.

Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world.

Journalism, as concerns collecting information, differs little if at all from intelligence work. In my judgment, a journalist's job is very interesting.

I think journalism is useful training for a writer in the way it takes the preciousness out of the pragmatic side of the craft.

I don't think there's any connection between my journalism career and my film career. They are two totally different mediums and very different skills.

I'm not sophisticated when it comes to politics, when it comes to journalism.

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.

The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set.