Columns Quote by David Plotz

I'm so grateful to Hugo Lindgren, Jon Kelly, and the people who gave me the opportunity to write a weekly column. It's an amazing…

— David Plotz

Now I'm instantly nervous about the demands of doing a weekly column.

— Rory Bremner

I used to write a monthly column for the 'New York Times' syndicate. But I stopped because I found it really hard to have…

— Salman Rushdie

I find having a column a very difficult form of journalism. I'm not a natural like Tom Friedman and Anna Quindlen.

— Maureen Dowd

I write my columns pretty carefully.

— Bret Stephens

A weekly column is not always a treat. It can be a tyranny. There are times when I have very little to say. There…

— Monty Don

I used to give her [my wife] to read the column every week before I sent it to the editors. And sometimes she was…

— Sayed Kashua

The wonderful thing about being a New York Times columnist is that it's like a Supreme Court appointment - they're stuck with you for…

— William Safire

I tend to have a hard time working on pieces long before they're due. That's why I think the fact that I write a…

— James Surowiecki

I would encourage people to go to NYTIMES.com and read this column and you can see for yourself.

— Tucker Carlson

I wanted to be a columnist so badly that I took a huge pay cut to leave Forbes, which wouldn't give me a column,…

— Allan Sloan

A good column is one that sells paper. It doesn't matter how beautifully it is written and how much you admire the author... if…

— Herb Caen