Changed Quote by Dan Rather

I got into journalism because I came of age in the '60s. It just seemed one way for me to get things done.

— Joe Klein

I was drawn to journalism as a young guy because I felt like there was some purpose to it, not always but sometimes.

— Daniel Lyons

It took me years to realize I wanted to be in journalism.

— Jake Tapper

I've always been a big consumer of American journalism over the years and had an interest in the history of it and of the…

— Dylan Moran

journalism was for me more than a business or a profession. It was a way of living, of experiencing the world even as I…

— Andrea Mitchell

I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.

— Ed Asner

I had discovered journalism to be my life's ambition.

— Walter Cronkite

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.

— Tom Stoppard

I think that having a job in journalism, despite all of the changes, is still a fantastic way to be - make a living…

— Ellen Goodman

In a time of transition for journalism all around the world, it's reassuring to know that some of the old ways endure.

— James Fallows

I grew up in newsrooms. I've been in newsrooms since I was 17 years old. Journalism has been like my church; it's been like…

— Jose Antonio Vargas

When I was 26 or 27, I gave up journalism. I came to England after my mom died, to let serendipity take its course.…

— Heather Brooke