Anthony Burgess, journalist …

… Blake Morrison on Anthony Burgess the critic – ‘he aspired to know everything’ | Books | The Guardian. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

In the hierarchy of forms, literary journalism comes near the bottom. Its practitioners are hacks, whose domain is Grub Street and who produce mere copy. 

Well, copy must be produced, and we who can produce it often try our best to make it as good as we can. I have found being a hack one of the better ways of earning a living.