There's No Better Job than Journalism, García Márquez Says
Even though journalists "suffer like dogs," Colombian writer and Nobel laureate hailed journalism as the best profession, AFP reported. He made a rare public appearance in Monterrey, Mexico, for a seminar sponsored by his New Iberoamerican Journalism Foundation (FNPI), which awarded its annual prizes this week.
"We enjoy it when we find a jewel (of a story), but suffer like dogs when we see language used badly," said the 81-year-old author who began his career as a journalist and often says he writes to avoid having to speak.
In a conversation with students and journalists, García Márquez, lamented the lack of time that journalists have to conduct their work.
"When someone is under pressure, they don't have time to think, and the next day they say to themselves: 'it would have been better to do this.' "
For such reasons, he began writing books, El País added.
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