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John Hersey

journalist, novelist, essayist, writer, screenwriter

1914 – 1993

John Richard Hersey was an American writer and journalist. He is considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reportage. In 1999, Hiroshima, Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was adjudged the finest work of American journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel associated with New York University's journalism department.

All Quotes by John Hersey

“Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.”

— John Hersey

“Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.”

— John Hersey

“All morning they watched for the plane which they thought would be looking for them. They cursed war in general and PTs in particular. At about ten o'clock the hulk heaved a moist sigh and turned turtle.”

— John Hersey

“It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense.”

— John Hersey

“Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.”

— John Hersey

“What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in the sense of fear of specific weapons, so much as it's been memory. The memory of what happened at Hiroshima.”

— John Hersey

“Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.”

— John Hersey