Become Quote by David Grann

Being a reporter took me out of myself and that shaped me as a writer.

— Tom Barbash

I've always thought of myself as a reporter.

— Gwendolyn Brooks

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

My intent was to gain experience for fiction I eventually hoped to write. But there's no question I was drawn in by the hope…

— Tom Rachman

Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory is that…

— Alma Guillermoprieto

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things.

— Jackie Kennedy

Journalism, for me, has always been a calling. There are things that must be exposed to the light, truths that must be uncovered, stories…

— Leslie Cockburn

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

I became a journalist because one didn't have to specialise.

— Christopher Hitchens

I wanted to be a journalist for a long time.

— Jamie Bell

I don't think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.

— Benjamin Booker

I get stories because people know that I will never lie or make things up or pay for information. I apply a journalistic standard…

— Perez Hilton