Covering Quote by Charles Kuralt

I think any journalist who spends time in a place realizes that there are lots of stories around beyond their primary story. You meet…

— Joe Sacco

Almost anything that you pay close, direct attention to becomes interesting.

— David Foster Wallace

For example, because I'm a lapsed geologist, I followed the eruption of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 in great detail, amassing a huge number…

— Suw Charman-Anderson

It was this fascination with hidden lives, I suspect, that led me to journalism; seeking to uncover the truth about people became a job.

— Fiona Barton

Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are…

— Tabitha Soren

I don't have a lot of thrilling anecdotes about my career or personal life. All the stuff that is interesting is private and I…

— Natalie Merchant

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

Journalists are interesting. They just aren't as interesting as the things they cover.

— Nora Ephron

I've come to recognize what I call my 'inside interests.' Telling stories. And helping people tell their stories is a sort of interpersonal gardening.…

— Jane Pauley

My journalist sensibilities have guided me toward the types of projects I've gone for, even though the projects have been fairly diverse. It always…

— Rhianna Pratchett

Nothing gets my journalistic juices flowing more than a seaside chalet, the mention of a private jet, or room service in St. Tropez.

— Robin Leach

Being a journalist always makes you a quick study of wherever you're at. You're out all the time and seeing places that normally you…

— Michael Connelly