--- title: "3 Alex Beam Quotes" description: "Alex Beam is an American writer and journalist. He retired as a columnist for The Boston Globe in 2012, but still contributes to the paper's op-ed page...." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-alex-beam-87486.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Alex Beam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-alex-beam-87486.jpg) # Alex Beam **3** quotes in **5** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Alex Beam is an American writer and journalist. He retired as a columnist for The Boston Globe in 2012, but still contributes to the paper's op-ed page. He has worked at Newsweek and BusinessWeek, where his tenure included stints as Moscow and Boston bureau chief, before joining The Boston Globe. Be ## Quotes by Alex Beam > [“Smith answered immediately, writing at midnight on June 22. “We dare not come,” he insisted—three times. “Your Excellency promises protection. Yet, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-beam/smith-answered-immediately-writing-at-midnight-on-june-22-we-dare-not/) [Alex Beam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-beam/) [Insisted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/insisted/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a16/alex-beam-87486_insisted_smith-answered-immediately-writing-at-mi_2390637.jpg) > [“I have never met a writer who didn't need an editor, and an editor without a writer is a person without a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-beam/i-have-never-met-a-writer-who-didn-t-need-an-editor-and-an-editor/) [Alex Beam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-beam/) [Editor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/editor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/alex-beam-87486_editor_i-have-never-met-a-writer-who-didn-t-nee_2586823.jpg) > [“The digital book has no front or back covers; there is no place to assert ownership, and there is nothing to own.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-beam/the-digital-book-has-no-front-or-back-covers-there-is-no-place-to/) [Alex Beam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-beam/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/765/alex-beam-87486_book_the-digital-book-has-no-front-or-back-co_2806067.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-beam/#itemlist", "name": "Alex Beam Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Smith answered immediately, writing at midnight on June 22. “We dare not come,” he insisted—three times. “Your Excellency promises protection. 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