Robert Nicholas "Nick" McDonell (born February 18, 1984) is an American writer. Read full biography of Nick McDonell →
I'm interested in illuminating the enormous disparity between vast poverty and the tiny upper class... This vast inequity is unfair by... →
A degree of self-awareness is extremely valuable... I hope I have that going forward.
I was brought up to believe you should always live the most interesting life you can.
I knew I loved writing, and I was raised by people who love books.
I know that I work hard for the things that I do, and I really go to the places that I report on.
I'm an inexperienced reporter, and I'm still learning.
I'm not good enough to write about my friends, who are all brilliant and sophisticated.
I'm terrified of getting what I'm not deserving of, feeling that I've got something for nothing... at the expense of brilliant starving... →
In the beginning of college I wanted to be an English major, but then I became interested in international relations.
The more I have written, the less it has been about exploring myself, and the more it has been about exploring the world around me.
I played football; I was a running back, and I took a hit, and I had a hairline fracture in my leg which no one spotted, and I was playing basketball... →
Someone once accused me of slumming. I don't know what that means. I play basketball. And through that, I get to see a world that is not... →