All John Pomfret Quotes
- I think to a certain extent in Bosnia and among the Hutus in Rwanda and also among the Tutsis in Rwanda who then took revenge… Among
- But on the other hand, in the midst of the chaos, you find normal people. You find people who are willing to risk their lives… Chaos
- When you do a job like this you have to like having cold sweat on your back. Cold
- The work is a calling. It demands that type of obsession. Calling
- And then I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to China in 1980, which was quite early. China
- I went back to the States and started at a small newspaper in Riverside County, California, covering the police; I was making $280 a week… California
- 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… Abroad
- Stanford had no journalism program so I just learned by doing, effectively. Effectively
- In some ways the domestic reporting is a lot easier because Americans will talk to you about anything. American
- A lot of times when we work overseas we tend to put the experience of someone who lives overseas, a Chinese person or a Korean… American
- I think some of the best reporters are the ones who can really illustrate the differences between societies, at the same time trying to connect… Addition
- I was posted to China in the summer of 1988, which was the greatest time ever, I think, to have been in China. Been
- My main form of transportation at that time was a bicycle, because bicycles could move though the crowd. Bicycle
- And when they do spin out of control there are important ramifications that affect America, not just its direct national interest but its broader interests… Affect
- The one indication that I got that I was doing the right job in Bosnia was that at different periods of time all the factions… All
- I had my life threatened by Bosnian Serbs on numerous occasions. Bosnian
- Srebrenica was a horrendous war crime and it had to be uncovered. Crime
- For me the much more significant question is what did the Americans do, if anything, to help the Croatian army, because they are the ones… American
- Good journalism, I think, represents life and if you try to organize something too neatly it usually blows up in your face and doesn't really… Blows
- I grew up in New York City in the late '70s, at a time when U.S. - China relations were something that was on the… Basis
- I think that's the main threat in Bosnia and Rwanda and Zaire. There doesn't seem to be much willingness to engage these problems unless they… Affect
- I was fourteen when Kissinger made his secret trip to China, and then there was subsequently Nixon's trip to China, and I was very much… China
- I've been shot at on numerous occasions. Been
- One of the problems that we have as American journalists is that we bring the American cultural baggage with us and we plop it down… American
- When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the best thing I can… Believe