Admiration Quote by Frances Trollope

The whole point to American journalism is what ought to be true is true. Since I ought to be arrogant, impressed with my social…

— Gore Vidal

Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.

— Bob Schieffer

One of the problems that we have as American journalists is that we bring the American cultural baggage with us and we plop it…

— John Pomfret

The whole point to American journalism is what ought to be true is true.

— Gore Vidal

American journalism (like the journalism of any other country) is predominantly paltry and worthless. Its pretensions are enormous, but its achievements are insignificant.

— H. L. Mencken

It is in this matter that I fall foul of so many American writers on writing; they seem to think that writing is a…

— Robertson Davies

It's the tradition of American writers getting away in order to see the country - to get a better view.

— Laurie Anderson

I think part of the reason anyone goes into journalism is to get a response to what they write.

— Jacob Weisberg

The wonderful thing about being an American writer is you've got this vastness to draw from.

— David Means

The newspaper is, in fact, very bad for one's prose style. That's why I gravitated towards feature stories where you get a little more…

— Tom Wolfe

I'm supremely uninterested as to what is written in many of the newspapers.

— John Bercow

I'm very flattered the press wants to write about me.

— Samuel Ervin Beam