Assistants Quote by Anna Chlumsky

I had a great editor, Rebecca Corbett, from the time I was a city reporter right through to the years I worked on the…

— David Simon

I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.

— Jeffery Deaver

I write and teach creative nonfiction. I was a reporter.

— Eileen Pollack

I was working for Time-Life Books from 1962 to 1970, as a staff writer, and after that, I was a journalist. Eventually, I became…

— Edmund White

I was the editor of the 'News of the World;' I was the editor of the 'Sun' and chief executive.

— Rebekah Brooks

I was at CBS News on a fluke. I replaced somebody who was on vacation. I worked as a copy boy, then became a…

— James L. Brooks

I had almost nothing published until I had something published in 'Sports Illustrated.' I started there as a fact-checker two weeks after I got…

— Steve Rushin

I started on the fringes of journalism as a cartoonist on The Daily Mail.

— Humphrey Lyttelton

I studied journalism, though I never really became a scribe.

— Nithya Menen

Before becoming a writer, I worked in the media, for the ABC affiliate in Dallas.

— Sandra Brown

My first newspaper job was a high school reporter for the 'New York Daily News.'

— Stephen A. Smith

I wrote for magazines. I wrote adventure stuff, I wrote for the 'National Enquirer,' I wrote advertising copy for cemeteries.

— Walter Dean Myers