“Reporting provides reminders that things are always more complicated t...” — John Jeremiah Sullivan Quote

Reporting provides reminders that things are always more complicated than you think.

I don't read a lot of books that were published after 1755. One thing about having friends in New York who belong to the literary world, however, is that I have a steady stream of books coming to the house.

At 'GQ,' there was never a temptation to pander or preach to the choir because I had no concept of who the reader was or what that reader might want.

The initial research will be very indiscriminate. I do a lot of reading, buy a stack of books and read and digest them, and then I start doing phone interviews and archival research and then the travelling.

The issues of the day have never seemed more complicated, and yet the conversations over how to solve them increasingly resemble cars passing down a divided highway. Whizzing by without a glance.

The environment issue is hydra-headed and complicated, but it is of immense importance that we understand how fast the world is changing.

We can't shame women for trying to be beautiful. That's so mean and unfair. But there's a part of me that thinks it's really sad, too. It's very complicated.

Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated.