Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the sine qua non of journalistic quotation. -Janet Malcolm

 

Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the sine qua non of journalistic quotation.


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This quote is just one of 4 total Janet Malcolm quotes in our collection. Janet Malcolm is known for saying 'Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the sine qua non of journalistic quotation.' as well as some of the following quotes.

The dominant and most deep-dyed trait of the journalist is his timorousness. Where the novelist fearlessly plunges into the water of self-exposure, the journalist stands trembling on the shore in his beach robe. The journalist confines himself to the clean, gentlemanly work of exposing the grieves and shames of others.

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Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the sine qua non of journalistic quotation.

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If you scratch a great photograph, you find two things; a painting and a photograph. -Janet Malcolm
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Analysts keep having to pick away at the scab that the patient tries to form between himself and the analyst to cover over his wounds. [The analyst] keeps the surface raw, so that the wound will heal properly.

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