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There's never any time I think I'm a real journalist, because I don't have any of the qualifications or the intentions for that.

I don't think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.

I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information.

I am not insecure about being a journalist.

I am a hard-news journalist. That is what I do.

I think if you look at the failure of journalism in the modern age, then I don't want to be called a journalist.

I've been avoiding journalists my whole life.

If you're a good journalist, what you do is live a lot of things vicariously, and report them for other people who want to live vicariously.

I always wanted to be a serious journalist.

As a youngster, I think I said I wanted to be a journalist, but that's a disguise for being a writer.