Journalism is not just a cause, it's also a wacky profession.

I was likened to Neville Chamberlain. I was a Quisling, to the (journalism) profession.

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

Before Truman, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously. Journalism was seen as a hack profession that had very little style, very little grace. After In Cold Blood , people saw real-life stories in a different way.

Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand.

I have enormous respect for Steve Johnson, and as I've told him, Feed was one of the inspirations for Salon. They were up there before we were. And also for Joey and the Suck people.