Entering public life as a woman - be it as a politician, journalist, expert or activist - makes you the target of the most sinister threats, abuse and language.
I would be an activist but never a politician. As an activist, nobody owns you.
If I wanted to take a more activist or journalistic slant in work, I should probably just go be an activist or a journalist. But I'm happy being a comedian.
I have been asking if I'm an activist or a journalist. And my answer is very simple. I'm just a journalist who asks questions.
You have to draw lines between being a journalist and an activist.
I'm not a politician; I'm a journalist.
I'm a head coach. I'm not a politician, an activist, or an expert on societal issues.
I am not a politician nor an activist but in my small way try and bring change with the kind of films I do.
I've learned in my years as a journalist that when a politician says 'That's ridiculous' you're probably on the right track.
I've learned in my years as a journalist that when a politician says 'That's ridiculous' you're probably on the right track
I'm a novelist, I'm not an activist. I'm not a non-fiction writer, I'm not a journalist. I'm not a foodie, I'm not even really an animal person, or an environmentalist. I did the best I could with this, but it's not who I am.
Becoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist.
I'm really not a politician: I don't have a political background, though I've been an activist fighting for my community for years. So I had to learn a lot about my government.
I realise that, strutting around in power corridors for political coverage, a journalist becomes half a politician.
I've been both a journalist and a politician, and I can tell you it is more fun to ask the questions than have to answer them.
If you're a journalist - and I think, on some level, I'm a journalist, and proud to be a journalist, or a documentarian, however you want to describe it - part of what I do has to be the pursuit of the truth.