I spent time in, like, criminal courts, and covering murder trials for papers. — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a… — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
Whomever you're going to interview, you have to be interested in what it is you want to know from them. You have to be… — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
Well, in features, and in writing especially, it's often the style of the writer comes in. — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
It's not a good thing to be friends with people you're covering. There's just no point in doing it. It's tempting, but they're not… — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
Unless you're doing a feature piece, which is going to be longer, and you have more time to get into stuff. — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
And that's very important, too, 'cause a lot of people just assume everyone's a Democrat, or everyone's a Republican or whatever, and they're not.… — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
So you shouldn't really flatter yourself that they want to be your buddy. They don't. Generally. They want you for some reason or other,… — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
So, yeah, I think it had a major effect. I think in franchising younger people, it was just an idea that's never been trotted… — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
I think television often has dismissed younger people. They figure, well, they're not really watching news, that's not our audience. — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
And so popular culture raises issues that are very important, actually, in the country I think. You get issues of the First Amendment rights… — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
And the most important thing you can do is learn to edit yourself. And then go back and rewrite. — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
