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

I became a journalist because one didn't have to specialise.

I always wanted to be a serious journalist.

I thought I wanted to be a journalist or a novelist.

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.

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 worked for a brief spell as a journalist, but soon I discovered that I didn't want to be a journalist - I wanted to be a historian.

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things.

I used to be a journalist.