“I majored in journalism at Arizona State University, where I began writing the columns I write now, but I cannot, in good conscience, refer to myself as a writer. I'm a columnist, maybe a journalist, I guess I'm an author, but writer... no. That's not up to me to call myself, that's rather lofty. It's for the reader to decide.” WritingStatesReaderConscienceUniversityJournalismJournalistColumnsLoftyArizonaColumnists Author:Laurie Notaro
“I was not going to use writing for advertising or journalism. I would tend bar, load trucks, chauffeur - do whatever it took. But from the moment I took my first writing workshop, I was a writer.” WritingFirstsMomentsUseBarsAdvertisingJournalismLoadTruckWorkshopsChauffeursWriting Workshop Author:Dennis Lehane
“My first real writing job was at 'Rolling Stone,' so I wrote about rock-and-roll and politics and the like. At the time, I really didn't know what I wanted to write, and I did a bunch of investigative journalism.” KnowsWritingFirstsRealWantedJobsRocksStonesBunchJournalismRollingRock And RollRolling StonesInvestigative Journalism Author:Tim Cahill
“I was a journalism major, and I would take creative writing classes as part of that, but I would also look for opportunities to write stories for some of my other classes. So for my course in Scandinavian history, I asked if I could write historical fiction instead of term papers. Sometimes they’d say yes.” IfsWritingLooksSometimesStoriesCoursesOpportunityTermFictionClassCreativePaperMajorsHistoricalJournalismIf I CouldHistorical FictionPapersCreative WritingScandinaviansTerm Paper Author:George R. R. Martin
“The journalism school helped me develop writing skills, and I had been enjoying cartooning from a very young age. My interest in puppetry, however, came much later.” WritingAgeSchoolYoungEnjoyInterestSkillsJournalismYoung AgeWriting Skills Author:William Jackson
“Before this century shall run out, journalism will be the whole press. Mankind will write their book day by day, hour by hour, page by page. Thought will spread abroad with the rapidity of light--instantly conceived, instantly written, instantly understood at the extremities of the earth.” WritingBookWholeLightRunningEarthHoursWrittenMankindCenturyPagesUnderstoodPressesSpreadNewspapersJournalismExtremity Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
“By far the most common task for which the machines are used is writing - or word processing, as it's known to the same people who call journalism 'content.” PeopleWritingUsedCommonKnownTasksMachinesJournalismProcessing Author:Robert Motherwell
“A good writer should be able to write comedic work that made you laugh, and scary stuff that made you scared, and fantasy or science fiction that imbued you with a sense of wonder, and mainstream journalism that gave you clear and concise information in a way that you wanted it.” WayShouldWritingMadeAbleWantedStuffFictionWonderFantasyLaughingClearInformationScience FictionScaredScaryJournalismMainstreamGood WritersComedicSense Of WonderConciseScary Stuff Author:Neil Gaiman
“A lot of people, myself included, are excited about blogging and stuff like that, citizen journalism, but I do remind people that no matter how excited we are, there's no substitute for professional writing, no substitute for professional editing, and no substitute for professional fact-checking.” PeopleWritingMatterFactsStuffCitizensExcitedJournalismSubstitutesEditingBloggingProfessional WritingCitizen Journalism Author:Craig Newmark