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Clearly independent journalists - domestic journalists - run a high risk if they dare to take on serious investigative work.

~David Remnick

Topics: Clearly Dare Domestic High Independent Investigative Journalists Risk Run Serious Take Work

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I actually have great hopes for the future.

~David Remnick

Topics: Actually Future Great Hopes

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You know what writers say about their long books: If I had another year, the book would be half as long.

~David Remnick

Topics: About Another Book Books Had Half Know Long Say Would Writers Year You

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I have to always remember, writing is really hard.

~David Remnick

Topics: Always Hard Really Remember Writing

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I'm a journalist - I'm not Robert Caro. I have a day job, and a pretty consuming one - a joyfully consuming one.

~David Remnick

Topics: Consuming Day Day Job Job Journalist Joyfully Pretty Robert

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I understand the difference between journalism and scholarship that comes 20 years later.

~David Remnick

Topics: Between Difference Journalism Later Scholarship Understand Years

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Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without constant practice, my speech is not what I wish it was, and I would sooner write in crayon than write a letter in Russian.

~David Remnick

Topics: Am Complex Constant Enough Everything Happy Language Letter Most Practice Pretty Read Russian Sooner Speech Than Things Tough Understand Well Wish Without Would Write I Am I Wish I Am Happy

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I'm interested in Russian language, culture, history... and I lived there, for four years, as a reporter for the Washington Post and have visited many times since.

~David Remnick

Topics: Culture Four History Interested Language Lived Many Post Reporter Russian Since Times Visited Washington Washington Post Years

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The Cold War was wildly expensive and consumed the entire globe.

~David Remnick

Topics: Cold Cold War Consumed Entire Expensive Globe War Wildly

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Everybody has a cartoon of themselves. Mine is: I write very fast, and I'm ruthlessly efficient with my time.

~David Remnick

Topics: Cartoon Efficient Everybody Fast Mine My Time Themselves Time Very Write I Write

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: October 29th, 1958

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