No writer for the press, however humble, is free from the burden of keeping his purpose high and his integrity white.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A free press needs to be a respected press.
A free press is the cornerstone of democracy; there is no question about that.
As Americans, we rightfully place tremendous value on having a free and independent press. Our role as journalists is to give voice to the voiceless, and hold our leaders and institutions accountable. But the circle is only completed when that information is consumed by a free-thinking and engaged audience.
There's almost no author alive who isn't weathering the tumultuous changes in the publishing industry.
I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write primarily for myself.
He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others.
No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.
A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.
No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.
A writer without his country is nothing.