A journalist uses the most precise words he or she can. An artist does the same sort of thing. You gather material about a particular subject, you refine it as best you can.
I do like the research part of writing, I must admit.
Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.
I've always loved investigations.
Before I take an offer seriously, I do my own research.
I get really into research. I know people say that, but I'm really into research.
There's only one interview technique that matters... Do your homework so you can listen to the answers and react to them and ask follow-ups. Do your homework, prepare.
I'm big on research.
I never do research unless it's extraordinary circumstances.
I got around a lot, and lots of people talked to me. I salted down stories by the barrel load.
Journalism is about bringing people to an event or something that they couldn't attend.
I need to meet people to be able to write.
Interviewing people is hard.
Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there.
One of the exciting things about reporting is going to places you've never been to before.
Interviewing people is pretty natural for me.
The Bulls talked to just about every person who ever met me.
I watch everybody and tried to take bits and pieces from everybody.
We should find out as much as possible about someone before coming into conflict with him.
Some of my competitors overlook the importance of knowing as much as possible about their opponents, but I think that it is an invaluable asset that I have gained from working.
Many authors hate to go on grinding book tours. But I've always found it a useful way to be a foreign correspondent in America and take the pulse of the country.
The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.
If you have half a story and you don't know the rest, you use what you have to pry the rest out of someone.
I'm a big expert in boxing, but in politics I'm a beginner, so I try to use other people's experience. I read books; I'm not afraid to ask for advice.
There is an art to eavesdropping, but I think to some extent we are all guilty of picking up those little odds and ends that can be quite intriguing if you analyse them.
