105 Quotes by Michael Finkel

I am a writer. It's like a third arm to me.

In my writing, I try to combine all my favorite elements of journalism - accuracy, real characters that exist on this planet - with all my favorite elements of literature: a sense of flow, of propulsion, of wanting to read every sentence.

Not to get too maudlin, but I think all mistakes are tests for one's mettle.

I committed pretty much the worst thing you can do, which is defraud the readers.

My fight-or-flight mechanism... had served me well in Gaza, in Afghanistan, and all the places I'd been.

America might be the land of second chances, but it ain't the land of third chances.

I am guaranteeing you that if you see my byline on a story, it's going to be the cleanest story you've ever read.

I never do formal interviews. I don't use a tape recorder. I take notes but occasionally.

You can read my stuff; there are not very many quotes. It's more impressionistic.