Books Quote by Rob Nixon

Fiction is my deepest love, but I love journalism, too. It keeps me thinking vigorously, and it reminds me that there is a world…

— Jennifer Egan

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

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 enjoy journalism; anybody does. You see the results immediately; you've got an immediate audience instead of having to wait for your audience as…

— Anthony Burgess

I'm fascinated by journalism. I put a keen eye, not a negative eye, on its role, particularly how it is changed by the times…

— Robert Redford

Great journalism will always attract readers. The words, pictures and graphics that are the stuff of journalism have to be brilliantly packaged; they must…

— Rupert Murdoch

In my writing, I try to combine all my favorite elements of journalism - accuracy, real characters that exist on this planet - with…

— Michael Finkel

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

I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity…

— Mordecai Richler

Journalism, for me, has always been a calling. There are things that must be exposed to the light, truths that must be uncovered, stories…

— Leslie Cockburn

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 had the most incredible English and literature teachers in school, and it really influenced my love of storytelling. It's what made me excited…

— Sophia Bush