Books Quote by David Weigel

“I tell my students that when you write, you should pretend you’re writing the best letter you ever wrote to the smartest friend you…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“Deal with your readers that they are smart, and write a language that suits their intelligence. - How to write the best story-”

— Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi

I find my readers to be very smart, and there is no reason to write dumb.

— Amy Bloom

I really believe that readers are smart and sophisticated enough to realize that the author is not the narrator of his novels.

— Bret Easton Ellis

In terms of the rise of social media and the kind of discourse that it encourages, the kind of pointed attitude it encourages, in…

— Frank Bruni

Contradictory to my religion, I think, is journalism.

— Sydney Schanberg

I don't think much of the journalism that I see.

— Seymour Hersh

I think journalism can come from anywhere, and comedy can certainly come from anywhere.

— Adam Pally

“I think journalism anywhere should be based on social justice and impartiality, making contributions to society as well as taking responsibility in society. Whether…

— Judy Polumbaum

I think journalism is useful training for a writer in the way it takes the preciousness out of the pragmatic side of the craft.

— Kevin Barry

I think we in journalism were really late to social networks. We had a built-in network already in terms of our readers, and we…

— Nicholas Kristof

I think if there's some kind of crisis in news journalism... a crisis of credibility, then it's been created by journalists. I'm empathetic, I…

— Russell Crowe