“Journalism is writing that first appears in any periodic journal.”

“His journalism was usually about journalism: no matter what he started out off writing about, he ended up writing about Hunter Thompson trying to cover a story.”

“American journalism (like the journalism of any other country) is predominantly paltry and worthless. Its pretensions are enormous, but its achievements are insignificant.”

“The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.”

“The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.”

“Journalism has become a great god of the period, and gods have a way of ruthlessly and demonically taking over their servitors.”

“[On the GamerGate Controversy]: Ethics in journalism is not what's happening, in any way.”

“The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.”

“I wish I could [keep a journal]. I have a lot of journals with one page half written in. I sometimes will write myself a quick email on my Blackberry when I think of something.”

“You should be proud of your profession because there's less lying in journalism than in any other profession. They lie in education, they lie in politics, they lie in banking, they lie in labor; there's liars all over the place. Sports? Full of liars. And there are liars in journalism, but if there are liars, journalism will out them.”