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title: "5 Journalist Good Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [To a journalist, good news is often not news at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-donahue/to-a-journalist-good-news-is-often-not-news-at-all/)

[Phil Donahue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-donahue/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28f/phil-donahue-11688_good_to-a-journalist-good-news-is-often-not-n_398370.jpg)

> [I don't believe a poet has a better hold on truth or morality than a fiction writer has. And I don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colum-mccann/i-don-t-believe-a-poet-has-a-better-hold-on-truth-or-morality-than-a/)

[Colum McCann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colum-mccann/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/colum-mccann-902_about_i-don-t-believe-a-poet-has-a-better-hold_607196.jpg)

> [I never did any training in journalism or in finance, so I really was in the deep end. I got very good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-kinsella/i-never-did-any-training-in-journalism-or-in-finance-so-i-really-was/)

[Sophie Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-kinsella/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/sophie-kinsella-719_conferences_i-never-did-any-training-in-journalism-o_662947.png)

> [Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/scepticism-is-as-important-for-a-good-journalist-as-it-is-for-a-good/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b8/freeman-dyson-1435_doubt_scepticism-is-as-important-for-a-good-jo_1450289.png)

> [Being a journalist is good if you want to write books: it teaches you to get beyond the blank screen. My books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-kinsella/being-a-journalist-is-good-if-you-want-to-write-books-it-teaches-you/)

[Sophie Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-kinsella/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/sophie-kinsella-719_blank_being-a-journalist-is-good-if-you-want-t_2255210.jpg)

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