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I don't think that my kind of journalism has ever been universally popular. It's lonely out here.

We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.

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.

I find it interesting, the different rules that apply to journalism and drama, even though journalism has become more and more about entertainment, and entertainment has become more and more about journalism.

Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.

I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity to move in the outside world.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

Journalism is concerned with events, poetry with feelings. Journalism is concerned with the look of the world, poetry with the feel of the world.

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

I liked journalism and thought it was important, certainly more important than fiction. I'd probably still be doing it if I hadn't been elbowed out.