journalism - quotes

Oscar (Fingall O'Flahertie Wills) Wilde, 1854-1900

was an Irish dramatist, novelist, and poet

But what is the difference between literature and journalism?
...Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all.

( “The Critic as Artist”, 1891 )

Rebecca West (Cicely Isabel Fairfield), 1892-1983

was an Irish critic, journalist, and novelist

Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space.