14 Quotes by Nick McDonell

I'm interested in illuminating the enormous disparity between vast poverty and the tiny upper class... This vast inequity is unfair by definition, and I am interested in illuminating that and, where possible, changing that.

I was brought up to believe you should always live the most interesting life you can.

A degree of self-awareness is extremely valuable... I hope I have that going forward.

I'm an inexperienced reporter, and I'm still learning.

The more I have written, the less it has been about exploring myself, and the more it has been about exploring the world around me.

I'm not good enough to write about my friends, who are all brilliant and sophisticated.

I played football; I was a running back, and I took a hit, and I had a hairline fracture in my leg which no one spotted, and I was playing basketball all winter and it got worse. And then I was long jumping, about 20 feet, and I landed one time and there was this big crack, and all the bones were jutting out of my leg.

I knew I loved writing, and I was raised by people who love books.

I know that I work hard for the things that I do, and I really go to the places that I report on.