Books Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

“Columnists write not just because they have something to say but also because they have to say something.”

— John Grimond

“A newspaper that wishes to make its fortune should never waste its columns and weary its readers by praising anything.”

— Anthony Trollope

“Newspapers, of course, need both news and fanfare. A blending of gossip and truth.”

— Paul Tobin

As the saying goes: "If you're not part of the solution, you're a newspaper columnist."

— Dave Barry

I got a letter one day from somebody saying, 'You're always criticizing the press. Why don't you talk about what Clay Felker is doing…

— Nat Hentoff

A little irreverence is always important to being a columnist. I try to do that.

— Lewis Grizzard

“Newspapers are a great place for cowards and malcontents to have their say.”

— Jeff Shaara

“Struggling for survival and relevance, we as a profession of political journalists and commentators have collectively debased our craft to the lowest common denominator—writing…

— Kerry-Anne Walsh

“[O]nce demagogy and falsehoods become routine, there isn’t much for the political journalist to do except handicap the race and report on the candidate’s…

— George Packer

“With all the polls and opinions posts, with newspapers more opinion than news so that we no longer know one from the other…”

— John Steinbeck

Cast aside any column about two subjects. It means the pundit chickened out on the hard decision about what to write about that day.

— William Safire

“A journalist who says, 'Well, I pissed off both sides--I must be doing something right,' is probably fooling himself and, worse, he may be…

— Joe Sacco