Because Quote by Kevin Barry

I eventually got a job with a television company, started to see how exciting journalism could be as a career, and decided that was…

— Anne Robinson

So for a long time, I did a lot of freelance writing in addition to writing fiction and such - I was a food…

— Tod Goldberg

I opted for a freelance writing career. I was lucky enough to have the means to do it.

— Matt Ridley

I got a journalism degree. I started doing journalism - I interned at 'Cosmopolitan' magazine in the 1970s, which probably wasn't the best place…

— Anne M. Mulcahy

Many years ago I had two small children, and I wanted to be able to be home when they got home from school. And…

— Mary Kay Andrews

I was a freelance journalist, and it was a struggle because I had to pitch all the time, research, and stay on top of…

— David Mccandless

I wanted no other job than to work in newspapers. I was fascinated by the process of collecting information, talking to people and having…

— Robin Leach

I started freelancing, writing op-eds and book reviews, one at a time. I then got the opportunity to write recurring freelance pieces for 'The…

— Ari Melber

Like many people, I kicked around, struggled to become a writer, finally got my first full-time job around 27, 28, at 'The Hill' newspaper.…

— David Grann

I just really like people, and being a freelancer can be lonely during the day, when you're at home trying to write anything you…

— Kristen Schaal

I had discovered journalism to be my life's ambition.

— Walter Cronkite

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