Comfortable Quote by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

I was sports editor for my high school newspaper, but I think I shied away from journalism.

— Jenna Bush

Writing in journalism teaches you to be very comfortable taking criticism, being edited, and rewriting.

— Neil Drumming

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'd been in journalism about two weeks when I realized I would do just about anything to avoid writing, and over the years, I…

— Tucker Carlson

For many years I was engaged in journalism, writing articles and chronicles for the daily press without ever joining the staff of any newspaper.

— Anonymous

I've always been a writer. I started getting paid for writing in college. Where it transitioned from commentary to journalism was in that shift…

— Melissa Gira Grant

Journalism is very much public writing, writing with an audience in mind, writing for publication, and frequently writing quickly. And I know that when…

— Achy Obejas

I am a writer who happens to use some tools of journalism.

— Svetlana Alexievich

From about ninth grade on, I knew I was a writer at heart. I had fantasies of being a great novelist, but I thought…

— Kevin Maney

My first thought when I started in journalism is that I wanted to work for a fashion publication like 'Vogue' or 'Glamour.'

— Malika Andrews

Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real…

— Harry Reasoner

My intent was to gain experience for fiction I eventually hoped to write. But there's no question I was drawn in by the hope…

— Tom Rachman