Affected Quote by Geraldine Brooks

I think, in a way, I've returned to who I used to be as a global correspondent whose life was devoted to really making…

— Brad Willis

I went into journalism in a grandiose way. I thought maybe I'd do a little journalism whilst I write the great novel of all…

— Neal Ascherson

I spent almost 25 years as a foreign correspondent, and the world's primary problem is poverty.

— P. J. O'Rourke

The fact that I have always been deeply invested in politics, and African politics in particular, inevitably played a role in my first novel…

— Dinaw Mengestu

My dad was a journalist. He was in Rwanda right after the genocide. In Berlin when the wall came down. He was always disappearing…

— Patrick J. Adams

As a journalist, I have spent years reporting on often difficult and depressing conflicts, on poverty, and the inhuman way we sometimes treat each…

— Gavin Esler

I'm fascinated by journalism. I put a keen eye, not a negative eye, on its role, particularly how it is changed by the times…

— Robert Redford

I would say as a journalist, I would envision travelling to other countries that have had to reckon with their past and see how…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.

— Robert Harris

I think any journalist who spends time in a place realizes that there are lots of stories around beyond their primary story. You meet…

— Joe Sacco

When I was 26 or 27, I gave up journalism. I came to England after my mom died, to let serendipity take its course.…

— Heather Brooke

The endeavor of being a foreign correspondent means that you will never be their equal. And that has its pros and cons. Were you…

— Anjan Sundaram