“I used to work for a newspaper that covered local resource issues, and...” — Paolo Bacigalupi Quote

“I used to work for a newspaper that covered local resource issues, and my coworkers and friends were journalists. Their reporting work was always pretty grim.”

“I think that we live in a highly specialized, technologically advanced society. Highly developed societies tend to have very remote understandings about what underlies our prosperity.”

“Everyone in China knows The Topics. The television stations and newspapers run the same state-generated stories all across the country, and the Chinese form their opinions based on these somewhat controlled sources.”

“I love judging food by its smell and feel and taste. The healthiest tomato isn't always the perfect one that's been covered in pesticides.”

“I covered the 2016 campaign and covered that in a very traditional way. I was on the road, I want to say, like 340 days out of the year.”

“I covered financial news and Wall Street for a decade.”