We should put pressure on power and write the truth and write relentlessly and fearlessly. That's the job. David Remnick More Quotes by David Remnick More Quotes From David Remnick Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without constant practice, my speech is not what I wish it was, and I would sooner write in crayon than write a letter in Russian. David Remnick practice wish writing Clearly independent journalists - domestic journalists - run a high risk if they dare to take on serious investigative work. David Remnick independent risk running Speaking to the subject is the most overrated thing in journalism. David Remnick overrated journalism subjects I actually have great hopes for the future. David Remnick great-hope hope-for-the-future Capitalism in Russia has spawned far more Al Capones than Henry Fords. David Remnick capone als russia I have to always remember, writing is really hard. David Remnick hard writing remember I left Gorbachev's office thinking that everything about him was outsized: his achievements, his mistakes, and, now, his vanity and bitterness. David Remnick vanity mistake thinking The question for so many is the quality of work, the future of work under globalism and de-industrialization. A typical example is a person who had a good factory job making 80,000 dollars, with health insurance, who was able to send his kids possibly to college and then he or she suddenly loses that job because the factory closed down. And now that same person is bagging groceries at Walmart and making $35,000. David Remnick college jobs kids Everybody has a cartoon of themselves. Mine is: I write very fast, and I'm ruthlessly efficient with my time. David Remnick mines cartoon writing I'm a journalist - I'm not Robert Caro. I have a day job, and a pretty consuming one - a joyfully consuming one. David Remnick day-jobs journalist jobs I'm not the slowest writer that you know. David Remnick knows A huge constituency, such as Hispanics, is not 100 percent Democratic. David Remnick percent democratic huge Not all political prisoners are innocents. David Remnick political-prisoners prisoner political What about our refusal to look squarely at the degradation of the planet we inhabit? In the last election cycle many candidates refused even to acknowledge the hard science, irrefutable science, of climate change. The president, while readily accepting the facts, has done far too little to alter them. How long are we, are you, prepared to wait? David Remnick president waiting long I think dealing with the U.S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate. David Remnick electorate different thinking The minority vote is growing, which is part of the alarm of so many Republicans and why Trump constantly whipped up their alarm with his racist statements. David Remnick alarms minorities racist There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred a world-class mafia. David Remnick mafia russia class Every good journalist is aware that his trade may one day go the way of phrenology-and, what's more, the population will hardly protest the extinction. David Remnick population one-day may The Democratic vote consists of minorities and educated whites. David Remnick democratic minorities vote The one thing I'm quite critical of Hillary Clinton for, and it obviously hurt her, is that at some level, the Clintons had to know that she was going to run for president. Why did they feel it necessary to make tens of millions of dollars with speaking engagements? They must have known that it would look grotesque. The word for it is "buckraking." It's beyond me. I don't understand it. David Remnick president hurt running