Always Quote by Mary Kay Andrews

I have written millions of words about contemporary England - in journalism. Why don't I take it as the background for a novel? I…

— Sebastian Faulks

The newspaper is, in fact, very bad for one's prose style. That's why I gravitated towards feature stories where you get a little more…

— Tom Wolfe

Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next…

— Adam Clymer

I had been a zealous writer of journals my whole life, and beginning my newspaper column gave me a huge sense of purpose while…

— Shweta Bachchan Nanda

I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

— Anonymous

The best writers who have put pen to paper have often had a journalism background.

— Rick Bragg

I loved newspapers. I loved the dusky marks on my fingers that proved I had spent the morning educating myself.

— Mary Katharine Ham

The lessons learned in journalism also apply. Writing for NPR has taught me to cut a piece in half and then in half again…

— Julianna Baggott

I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

— Aneurin Bevan

I've never written a hard journalism piece in my life. I've never wanted to do that.

— Laurence Shames

I had a nice part at big newspapers, small newspapers, and then I went to a very big newspaper - 'The Wall Street Journal.'…

— Erik Larson

I first started writing historical fiction in the late '70s and kept pictures of Kathleen Woodiwiss and Rosemary Rogers on my refrigerator until my…

— Virginia Henley