Books Quote by Jeff Guinn

I was working on a satirical novel about a charismatic preacher who takes over a small Indiana town. Then I remembered Jim Jones was…

— Julia Scheeres

“Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones is dead" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive.”

— G.K. Chesterton

“Fiction had never been Jackson's thing. Facts seemed challenging enough without making stuff up. What he discovered was that the great novels of the…

— Kate Atkinson

You know, most reporters can't go back to the towns they wrote stories about. I never wrote that kind of story.

— Charles Kuralt

“It was exciting in its own self-absorbed way, which is very much the essence of journalism: you truly believe that you are living at…

— Nora Ephron

“A former news reporter, I worked for numerous outlets including dailies, weeklies and magazines, primarily in the Sarasota/Bradenton, Florida area. Fiction is my favorite…

— Linda Harrington

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

— David Strathairn

“Fiction is the most dangerous place in the world; that’s where truth lives.”

— Karina Szczurek

In journalism I can only tell what happened. In fiction, I can show it.

— David Frum

It was this fascination with hidden lives, I suspect, that led me to journalism; seeking to uncover the truth about people became a job.

— Fiona Barton

“The great novel of twentieth-century New York might be the Daily News.”

— Pete Hamill

There are strange things lost and forgotten in obscure corners of the newspaper.

— Arthur Machen