“When I'm engaged in a story my health is not a big deal, but when I'm not doing anything, if you sit me down, I can get tied up in my own medical dramas. So I much prefer to work.” IfsI CanStoriesBigsMy OwnDealsDramaMedicalEngagedTiedBig DealTied Up Author:Katherine Boo
“People naturally long for a bit of the wealth that is whorling all around them, and if the work and education available to them won't get them closer to the comforts that they see others enjoying, the temptation to take shortcuts can be fierce.” PeopleIfsLongBitsEnjoyWealthComfortAvailableTemptationFierceShortcutsShort Cuts Author:Katherine Boo
“But if writing about people who are not yourself is illegitimate, then the only legitimate work is autobiography; and as a reader and a citizen, I don’t want to live in that world.” PeopleIfsWorldWantWritingReaderCitizensAutobiography Author:Katherine Boo
“My job is to lay it out clearly, not to give my policy prescriptions.Very little journalism is world changing. But if change is to happen, it will be because people with power have a better sense of what’s happening to people who have none.” PeopleIfsWorldGivingLittlesHappensJobsPolicyHappeningsLaysJournalismPrescriptions Author:Katherine Boo
