Am Quote by Gore Vidal

The nature of journalism has been the enemy of idealism and the source of cynicism among American reporters and editors throughout our history.

— Richard Harwood

There's never any time I think I'm a real journalist, because I don't have any of the qualifications or the intentions for that.

— John Oliver

Since I was a graduate student, I've done a lot of journalism on the side, for The Village Voice, The Nation etc. And my…

— Rob Nixon

Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art, for the object of journalism is to make events…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The 'I' character in journalism is almost pure invention.

— Janet Malcolm

On the whole, I think journalists have been kind about me, but they do make me sound a bit of a dreary cow. There…

— Sheila Hancock

Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real…

— Harry Reasoner

For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.

— Joe Klein

After two years studying what rewrite men did with the facts I phoned them, I knew that journalism was essentially a task of stringing…

— Russell Baker

Journalism has become a form of idealism. It is no longer, first and foremost, function, craft, service - it is mission.

— Michael Wolff

“Everyone goes into journalism for different reasons—and they’re often idealistic ones.”

— Thomas L. Friedman

But unfortunately, I have to say, one out of every 100 interviews I do, I get a real journalist

— Glenn Danzig