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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.

For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.

But unfortunately, I have to say, one out of every 100 interviews I do, I get a real journalist.

The fact is, for all the critics' talk about me as a realist, I'm making everything up - everything. It is all about imagining with me.

In my own writing, I think of myself as a realist who exaggerates a little.

I am grateful to journalism for waking me up to the realities of the world.

I feel I'm functioning at some level as a journalist because even though I write fiction, I'm trying to get the world accurate.

I think of myself as a journalist and a storyteller.