Journalism Quote by Gore Vidal

“There is no room for passion in journalism—unless it is a passion for presenting the truth. Accurately, honestly, and unbiased.”

— M.J. Summers

“To be successful as a journalist, you must be curious and have a yearning for learning facts.”

— Germany Kent

“Be truthful, one would say, and the result is bound to be amazingly interesting.”

— Virginia Woolf

“Every journalist has a novel inside him, which is an excellent place for it.”

— Russell Lynes

“It was journalism at its best: irreverent, mischievous and beholden to no one.”

— Toby Young

“...a writer has the duty to be good, not lousy; true, not false; lively, not dull; accurate, not full of error. He should tend…

— E. B. White

“He was always being told that writers never become famous or rich, but of course that was not why he wrote, he wrote simply…

— Andrew James Pritchard

“The journalist must strive to find out what is going on and tell it, not neuter the truth in the name of equal time.”

— Joe Sacco

“A journalist's work depends on a willingness to ask questions of people who are better informed and more powerful than you.”

— Elizabeth Pisani

“If you want to discover the true character of a person, you have only to observe what they are passionate about.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“Do you know what a journalist is? Someone who hasn't written a novel yet.”

— Lavie Tidhar

“It's damn discouraging when you may have to skew, or hide the natural truth, to save the remarkable.”

— Rich McKee