Kerry Greenwood Quotes

You don't want to come out with anything that's wrong, of course, in a scientific, you know, a major scientific announcement, and so you're being so careful trying to check, well maybe it's this, maybe it's that, you're looking at every possible thing.

You shouldn't use anything as the sole source for anything, in my view.

We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody.

I used to be something of an obsessive when it came to research. When I first began writing the Thorne novels, I would drive to a set of traffic lights in the early hours of the morning to make sure you could turn left. I thought it was important to get even the most trivial details right.

Good reporting should have the same standard as in a courtroom - beyond a reasonable doubt.

It's impossible for an editor to know every source for every story.

I am a writer and editor with a passion for true storytelling. To me, science matters, research matters and knowledge matters, whatever the field.

You can’t report on something that you don’t know about.

Our job is to get as close to the verified truth as is possible.

When we hear news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

I have great admiration for the fact-checking team. Considering it takes me years to gather all the facts in my books, it's a daunting task for the fact-checkers to review all of that material in a matter of weeks.

I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, then it's already been covered by the media, and if it's not good enough, why would I want to bother with it?

In most daily journalism, you only fact-check something if it seems a little fishy.

But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story.

Well, one thing I'm really interested in, when I'm writing, is being accurate.

I would never have been a good reporter because I am not accurate regarding facts.

There can be theory but, you know, the problem is you've got to be able to test it. So theories are one thing, testing is another.

When you're writing non-fiction, you go as far as you can go, and then ethically you have to stop. You can't go. You can't suppose. You can't imagine. And I think there's something in human nature that wants to finish the story.

I did a lot of background and research on 'End Of Watch,' and I definitely used certain skills that I learned.

I had been writing for about twelve years. I knew pretty well how you could find things out, but I had never been trained in an academic way how to go about the research.

I have a rule in research: The third time you hear something, it's generally true.

My inclination, as an old-school, classically trained journalist, is not to go with a story unless I have it hard. It's not good enough to say something based on rumors that were flying around.

I really enjoy researching, and for almost every piece, I research enough to write a book.

Many a good newspaper story has been ruined by over verification.

In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.