Book Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

In journalism, I have done many a bad report. Some have been exceptionally terrible.

— Ravish Kumar

I was a terrible reporter. The only advantage was I made all my mistakes in a place and at a time where I didn't…

— Emily Maitlis

I am the world's worst reporter. I am apt to try too hard to help rather than just document my subjects.

— David Rakoff

It's okay to be a bad writer if you have something to say.

— Bill Stott

In a very straightforward way, I am a terrible reporter. I'm not someone who can go into a story and not get involved.

— Janine di Giovanni

I was a bad journalist.

— David Brock

A good journalist is not the one that writes what people say, but the one that writes what he is supposed to write.

— Todor Zhivkov

As a writer I'm merely a journalist who has learned to write better than others.

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

— Malcolm Cowley

You don't have to be a good person to be a good writer--history shows it's better if you're not--but you have to understand your…

— Peter Abrahams

Usually people who do bad things make good writers.I did a lot of bad things, which is why my novels are interesting.

— Jakucho Setouchi

Good writers hate bad writing but hating bad writing doesn’t make you good. Writing badly does.

— Dan Harmon