Dave Eggers Quotes

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

The best writers who have put pen to paper have often had a journalism background.

I wrote about four novels before I wrote a word of journalism.

In the fall of 1989, I was writing 600-word columns at the 'Herald.' My heart always was in long-form narrative writing, though. It's what I cut my teeth on at the 'Boston Phoenix.'

I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years.

I'm a writer. I've been a journalist for my whole adult life.

If I weren't acting, I'd study journalism because I love to write.

When I was in college, I walked by the journalism school every day on my way to my own classes, and that's the closest I've come to having any sort of journalism background.

I had a column in high school for our school newspaper. I enjoy writing.

When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought maybe that's what I was doing, but it wasn't true. What became important was to have a point of view.

My father was a journalist.

I knew I was going to be a journalist when I was eight years old and I saw the printing presses rolling at the Sydney newspaper where my dad worked as a proofreader.

I used to be a journalist.

I wrote newspaper articles professionally for seven years, and I love newspapers.

When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought maybe that's what I was doing, but it wasn't.

I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.

I didn't work for any newspapers in college, never worked for any newspaper before 'The Washington Post'.

Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.

I really like the Observer. I think I'd love to have a column with a broad reach that would enable me to do some proper reporting, but keep it on sort of a humorous level. I've always had a very happy experience writing for them.

I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book.

My favorite thing is still journalism. I'm almost 50. This has been my life ever since I was in college.

I was thinking of applying to the 'Guardian' for a job after university. Yeah, I wanted to be one of the people who writes stories in G2.

Actually, I graduated from university as a journalist.

I like to say that journalism is the graduate school from which you never graduate.

I've always thought of myself as a journalist; that was what I did.