---
title: "1 Asked Stay Quotes By Emily Maitlis"
description: "1 Asked Stay quotes by Emily Maitlis. Plus more from Emily Maitlis and more Asked Stay sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/emily-maitlis-12058_another-day_i-was-covering-the-manchester-attack-and_2062880.jpg"
---

> [I was covering the Manchester attack and was asked to stay another day and do the programme from there. But I had promised my little boy I would be at his sports day, and I had this really sharp sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maitlis/i-was-covering-the-manchester-attack-and-was-asked-to-stay-another/)

[Emily Maitlis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maitlis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/emily-maitlis-12058_another-day_i-was-covering-the-manchester-attack-and_2062880.jpg)

## More by Emily Maitlis

> [I find I process the news by listening to someone else's report.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maitlis/i-find-i-process-the-news-by-listening-to-someone-else-s-report/)

[Emily Maitlis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maitlis/)

> [I'd like to get up and instantly have perfectly blow-dried hair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maitlis/i-d-like-to-get-up-and-instantly-have-perfectly-blow-dried-hair/)

[Emily Maitlis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maitlis/)

> [I have facial blindness. It's hugely embarrassing as it makes me seem supercilious or snobbish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maitlis/i-have-facial-blindness-it-s-hugely-embarrassing-as-it-makes-me-seem/)

[Emily Maitlis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maitlis/)

> [It is the little things that throw me - the wrong pen, the wrong font. An interview done standing up is a disaster. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maitlis/it-is-the-little-things-that-throw-me-the-wrong-pen-the-wrong-font-an/)

[Emily Maitlis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maitlis/)

> [I have heard somewhere an argument that if the Industrial Revolution - economic development - had started in Africa rather than Europe, then sun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maitlis/i-have-heard-somewhere-an-argument-that-if-the-industrial-revolution/)

[Emily Maitlis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maitlis/)

> [There's no point meeting somebody with a meat cleaver the moment they open their mouth - because they're going to clam up, you're going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maitlis/there-s-no-point-meeting-somebody-with-a-meat-cleaver-the-moment-they/)

[Emily Maitlis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maitlis/)

> [Fanny and Alexander' blew me away. I was visiting my sister in her first year at university. It was my first foray into something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maitlis/fanny-and-alexander-blew-me-away-i-was-visiting-my-sister-in-her/)

[Emily Maitlis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maitlis/)

> [When I was 11, I was terrified about the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maitlis/when-i-was-11-i-was-terrified-about-the-world/)

[Emily Maitlis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maitlis/)

> [Some interviews wind you up. Some test your mettle. Some reduce you to a gibbering wreck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maitlis/some-interviews-wind-you-up-some-test-your-mettle-some-reduce-you-to/)

[Emily Maitlis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maitlis/)

> [I think you go into a debate trying to be fair minded and trying to be balanced but occasionally there will be a sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maitlis/i-think-you-go-into-a-debate-trying-to-be-fair-minded-and-trying-to/)

[Emily Maitlis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maitlis/)

> [I don't think I would move into politics, but our job is often about pulling things down. It's about why something won't work, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maitlis/i-don-t-think-i-would-move-into-politics-but-our-job-is-often-about/)

[Emily Maitlis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maitlis/)

> [I think increasingly I really come to appreciate the people, the politicians, the interviewees, of any stripe and size who are able to answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maitlis/i-think-increasingly-i-really-come-to-appreciate-the-people-the/)

[Emily Maitlis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maitlis/)

> [I moved from current affairs to daily news over the Asia crisis of 1998 - mainly because the news agenda demanded I become economically literate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maitlis/i-moved-from-current-affairs-to-daily-news-over-the-asia-crisis-of/)

[Emily Maitlis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maitlis/)

> [I'm not sure I buy the argument that the public is more mistrustful - the debate will always garner that kind of traction because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maitlis/i-m-not-sure-i-buy-the-argument-that-the-public-is-more-mistrustful/)

[Emily Maitlis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maitlis/)

> [I am always impressed by interviewers who can do the whole thing without notes. I can't. I need reminders on my knee. Dates, first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maitlis/i-am-always-impressed-by-interviewers-who-can-do-the-whole-thing/)

[Emily Maitlis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maitlis/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked-stay/emily-maitlis/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Asked Stay Quotes By Emily Maitlis",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I was covering the Manchester attack and was asked to stay another day and do the programme from there. But I had promised my little boy I would be at his sports day, and I had this really sharp sense that I needed to be there.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Emily Maitlis"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maitlis/i-was-covering-the-manchester-attack-and-was-asked-to-stay-another/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/emily-maitlis-12058_another-day_i-was-covering-the-manchester-attack-and_2062880.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/emily-maitlis-12058_another-day_i-was-covering-the-manchester-attack-and_2062880.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/emily-maitlis-12058_another-day_i-was-covering-the-manchester-attack-and_2062880.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I was covering the Manchester attack and was asked to stay another day and do the programme from there. But…” — Emily Maitlis",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked-stay/emily-maitlis/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked-stay/emily-maitlis/",
            "name": "Asked Stay Quotes by Emily Maitlis",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked-stay/emily-maitlis/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/emily-maitlis-12058_another-day_i-was-covering-the-manchester-attack-and_2062880.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Asked Stay quotes by Emily Maitlis. Plus more from Emily Maitlis and more Asked Stay sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked-stay/emily-maitlis/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked-stay/emily-maitlis/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Asked Stay",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked-stay/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Emily Maitlis",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked-stay/emily-maitlis/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```