Trevor Paglen Quotes

I'm a writer. I'm not an actress.

When somebody asks what I do, I guess I say 'writer' first.

I like journalists.

I'm not a politician; I'm a journalist.

I'm not a journalist, never pretend to be.

I fully acknowledge that I am not a journalist.

My occupation is assistant storyteller. It is not "icon."

I wasn't trained to write non-fiction.

I'm not a playwright.

Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am.

If I wasn't an actor, I'd probably be working in journalism.

I'm not a big fan of journalism schools, except those that are organized around a liberal arts education. Have an understanding of history, economics and political science - and then learn to write.

I am not insecure about being a journalist.

I feel like, in some ways, I'm just a journalist.

Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living.

The truth of the matter is, I'm a filmmaker.

There are many roads to journalism. My feeling is that your best bet in college is to study the subjects you will want to write about, whether politics, the environment or the law.

I'm an actor. It's my job.

I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.

I'm not a politician. I'm a businessperson.

I'm not an actor.

I guess, taking away all the theatrics or the costuming and the outer layers of what I do, I'm a writer... I write.

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.

A brick layer, lays bricks... I'm an Actor, that's what I do.

I play Rock 'n' Roll, that's what I do.