Melvin Maddocks
Melvin Maddocks
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Journalists do not like to report on uncertainties. They would almost rather be wrong than ambiguous.
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It is one test of a fully developed writer that he reminds us of no one but himself.
idealistic
Nothing is more idealistic than a journalist on the defensive.
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Writing is the most demanding of callings, more harrowing than a warrior's, more lonely than a whaling captain's-that, in essence, is the modern writer's message.
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Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is too controlled to suit the species.