“Most journalists are restless voyeurs who see the warts on the world, the imperfections in people and places. . . . gloom is their game, the spectacle their passion, normality their nemesis.” PeopleWorldPassionGamesJournalistImperfectionRestlessGloomNormalityNemesisWarts Book:The Kingdom and the Power: Behind the Scenes at The New York Times: The Institution That Influences the World Source: The Kingdom and the Power: Behind the Scenes at The New York Times: The Institution That Influences the World
“Journalism is a voyeuristic vocation that attracts to its employment many people who are often naturally shy and insatiably curious, and each day they are assigned to view the world with a critical eye and a detached sense of intimacy.” PeopleWorldEyeViewsCriticalEmploymentCuriousJournalismIntimacyEach DayShyVocationDetached Author:Gay Talese
“He believed that all people existed behind varying layers of armor which, like the archaeological layers of earth itself, reflected the historical events and turbulence of a lifetime. An individual's armor that had been developed to resist pain and rejection might also block a capacity for pleasure and achievement, and feelings too deeply trapped might be released only by acts of self-destruction or harm to others. Reich was convinced that sexual deprivation and frustration motivated much of the world's chaos and warfare.” PeopleWorldSelfFeelingsMightEarthPainIndividualPleasureBehindsEventsAchievementCapacityDestructionHistoricalLifetimeChaosHarmConvincedBlockRejectionFrustrationMotivatedLayersTrappedWarfareArmorSelf DestructionDeprivationTurbulenceHistorical Events Author:Gay Talese
“With all of the qualities of the scene-setting, the dialogue, the place and time and the time and place in which your characters move. And I want to move with the characters, move with them and describe the world in which they are living.” WorldWantCharacterMovingQualitySceneSettingDialogueSettingsPlace And Time Author:Gay Talese
