Distance Quote by Graham Greene

Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.

— Karl Kraus

Truth is stranger than nonfiction. And life is too interesting to be left to journalists. People have stories, but journalists have 'takes,' and it's…

— Walter Kirn

It's the nature of journalism to need to be close to your subjects. And either you're able to be tough on them, which a…

— Kara Swisher

Fiction is a bridge to the truth that journalism can't reach.

— Hunter S. Thompson

In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

In a sense, journalism can be both helpful and detrimental to a writer of fiction because the kind of writing you need to do…

— Aravind Adiga

As a novelist, you deepen your characters as you go, adding layers. As a reporter, you try to peel layers away: observing subjects enough…

— Amy Waldman

Many fiction writers write for the critics or for themselves; they forget the common reader. I never do. I don't think journalism clashes with…

— Isabel Allende

It's good for a writer to come from journalism because it gives you the tools. A journalist knows that he or she can lose…

— Isabel Allende

Some journalists are schmucks, in it for themselves, willing to cut corners. But in my experience the vast majority of journalists are trying to…

— Brian Stelter

I think the deepest thing is that many fiction writers tell stories but are not elegant writers. But, we're not writing journalism when we're…

— Edward Hirsch

Journalists always want publishers or editors to leave. They're creative troublemakers - that's why you hire them.

— Andrew Neil