I don't think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As a youngster, I think I said I wanted to be a journalist, but that's a disguise for being a writer.
I think the key to being a journalist is getting your subject to feel comfortable enough to talk about stuff they want to talk about and the stuff they like and don't like, and still feel comfortable about it.
I wanted to be a journalist because I like to ask questions. And I like the idea that someone might feel responsible for answering them.
I realized I couldn't be a journalist because I like to take a side, to have an opinion and a point a view; I liked to step across the imaginary boundary of the objective view that the journalist is supposed to have and be involved.
I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things.
Well I just always wanted to be a newspaper reporter.
I always wanted to be a serious journalist.
I thought I wanted to be a journalist or a novelist.
Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up.
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.