I still have not given up the idea of becoming a journalist, but at 17 I decided to follow my heart and stay in Los Angeles with my girlfriend as opposed to going to Johns Hopkins.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The desire to become a journalist came really because I very much like living abroad, and like to travel, and wanted to be paid for it.
When I was in college, there were a couple years there where I was just not sure what to do, and it was actually my mom who suggested I take some journalism classes.
My father was a newspaper editor, so I was surrounded by journalists my entire life. I think the fact that he was so well known may be why I chose to go into magazines and move to the States at a young age.
I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things.
My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made.
I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I'm a corny person. I was a dreamer predating my journalistic life, so I got into journalism as a means to try to change the world.
Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up.
I got into journalism because I came of age in the '60s. It just seemed one way for me to get things done.
I don't think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.
Actually, I graduated from university as a journalist.