Always Quote by Mark Leibovich

I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive…

— J. Anthony Lukas

Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.

— Mitski

I've always been an outsider. I think, being in the White House press corps, it's difficult to do the sort of journalism that I…

— Katy Tur

I often felt myself to be an outsider, which is great training for all writers.

— Karen Russell

Being a journalist always makes you a quick study of wherever you're at. You're out all the time and seeing places that normally you…

— Michael Connelly

I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider.

— Colin Wilson

I didn't go into journalism thinking it would solidify my identity. I did it because I needed to make a living, and I was…

— Alex Tizon

I was always an outsider, always standing outside, observing and trying to figure things out. Which is exactly what you need to do as…

— Monica Ali

I realized I couldn't be a journalist because I like to take a side, to have an opinion and a point a view; I…

— Annie Leibovitz

My past makes me an insider, but my profession makes me an outsider. A writer always stands outside to report on reality.

— Amitava Kumar

A good journalist, as you know, is a great listener. And so's a good writer. And I got to listen to people for almost…

— Louise Penny

I've always been interested in writing from the perspective of an outsider.

— Isaac Marion