Appeal Quote by Bill Keller

I'd been in journalism about two weeks when I realized I would do just about anything to avoid writing, and over the years, I…

— Tucker Carlson

I never wanted to be a reporter. I took a job at the New York Post as a clerk because I couldn't get a…

— Maggie Haberman

I had grown up as a feature writer, and basically my career had been in The National Lampoon and as a magazine editor, and…

— P. J. O'Rourke

There are certain stories that remind you of the moral purpose that originally drew you to become a reporter.

— David Grann

This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make…

— Dan Rather

I went into journalism in a grandiose way. I thought maybe I'd do a little journalism whilst I write the great novel of all…

— Neal Ascherson

My experience as a newspaper reporter was invaluable in terms of getting me to the kind of writing I do now. It gave me…

— Michael Connelly

I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information.

— Christopher Hitchens

Journalism is not what it used to be. I thought it was an important job, but it is not. I'm idealistic, and it pretty…

— Nithya Menen

I never intended to be a journalist. Frankly, I don't think I ever was a journalist. I backed into it.

— Laurence Shames

I've always been a writer. I started getting paid for writing in college. Where it transitioned from commentary to journalism was in that shift…

— Melissa Gira Grant

I've never written a hard journalism piece in my life. I've never wanted to do that.

— Laurence Shames