Dangerous Quote by E. L. Doctorow

The news as entertainment is the real danger, because the truth or accuracy of what it is reporting becomes irrelevant.

— Ryan Holiday

Whenever citizens are seen routinely as enemies of their own government, writers are rountinely seen to be the most dangerous enemies.

— E. L. Doctorow

Fiction must compete with first-rate reporting. If you cannot write a story that is equal to a factual account of battle in the streets…

— John Cheever

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers

— Jacques Barzun

Facts are facts, and fiction is fiction, and a lie doesn't become truth just because it appears on the front page of the newspaper.

— Scott Pruitt

By virtue of some of the ways the game is played, in terms of message discipline, in terms of access for reporters, and especially…

— Ron Suskind

One of the things that will keep The Front Page burning bright as long as newspapers are alive is the myth that newspapermen are…

— Jay Carr

As a war correspondent, you have to weigh the risk you run against the story you can get.

— Asne Seierstad

Just as some things are too strange for fiction, others are too true for journalism.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Fiction is more dangerous than nonfiction because it can seduce better. I think we all know this, know that deeper truths can be approached…

— Chris Abani

The practice of fiction can be dangerous: it puts ideas into the head of the world.

— Anthony Burgess

Journalism should be truthful and entertaining. You know, with news and important facts you can entertain people too. Have a little humor. Life isn't…

— Jimmy Breslin