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I Don't Consider Myself To Be A Crusader Of Any Sort. I Was Bystander To A Certain Number Of Newspaper Crusades. They End Badly, In Terms Of Being Either Fraudulent Or By Inspiring Legislations That Makes Things Worse. So, I Regard Myself As Someone Coming To The Campfire With The Truest Possible Narrative He Can Acquire.

While I Think Storytelling Is A Meaningful Way To Spend Your Life... It Does Feel A Little Bit Secondary Or Off-point.

The Trick To Making A Story Matter Is That Every Now And Then, Somebody You Care About Has To Go. If It's Somebody That You Don't Care About, Then It Doesn't Really Have - The Stakes Aren't There. But If You Do That Every Now And Then, Then The Story Matters To People. And There Are Actual Stakes Involved, Emotional Stakes.

One Of The Sad Things About Contemporary Journalism Is That It Actually Matters Very Little. The World Now Is Almost Inured To The Power Of Journalism. The Best Journalism Would Manage To Outrage People. And People Are Less And Less Inclined To Outrage.

To Be Told You've Won A Macarthur Fellowship Is Very Flattering And Gratifying Personally.