Beneath the surface Quote by Amy Waldman

I had been a reporter for 15 years when I set out to write my first novel. I knew how to research an article…

— Amy Waldman

As a reporter you tend to seek coherence from your subject or your source - it all needs to add up and make sense.…

— Amy Waldman

People don't live their lives in a series of scenes that form a dramatic narrative, they don't speak in dialogue, they're not lit by…

— Aaron Sorkin

Reporters have a different point of view and a different job. Consequently, to the extent that you can help them turn in an interesting…

— Roger Ailes

It's good for a writer to come from journalism because it gives you the tools. A journalist knows that he or she can lose…

— Isabel Allende

Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than saying them…

— Philipp Meyer

And there are two types of stories. One type is one's own story. The other type is telling the stories of others. Thanks to…

— Lee Gutkind

I do think people need to recognize that a lot of journalists want to write a story a certain way because the story will…

— Ray Dalio

A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the…

— Graham Greene

Writing in journalism teaches you to be very comfortable taking criticism, being edited, and rewriting.

— Neil Drumming

As a journalist you have to think quickly, you're exposed to all types of people and situations and you've got to synthesize your thoughts…

— Frank Spotnitz

Reporters are not merely recording devices that take down what people say and repeat it in print; we are expected to use our knowledge…

— Gene Weingarten