Any Quote by Graydon Carter

As a journalist, you don't tend to interview people with a view to becoming their friend. You can't expect that. It's not professional.

— Sheila Heti

I know that obviously, that if you want to get the story, if you want to get close to somebody, if you want to…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

As a journalist, the details always tell the story.

— James McBride

The journalist's job isn't to be someone's friend, or their psychologist, or anything other than what we actually are. And at the end of…

— Sarah Stillman

You will always have partial points of view, and you'll always have the story behind the story that hasn't come out yet. And any…

— Margaret Atwood

You have to go where the story is to report on it. As a journalist, you're essentially running to things that other people are…

— Lester Holt

That's always been my test for what makes a story: is this something journalists would gossip with each other about?

— Nick Denton

Know more about the situation you're facing than a reporter who is writing a major article would.

— Laurie Beth Jones

I think any journalist who spends time in a place realizes that there are lots of stories around beyond their primary story. You meet…

— Joe Sacco

My inclination, as an old-school, classically trained journalist, is not to go with a story unless I have it hard. It's not good enough…

— Wolf Blitzer

I think you have to pick and choose what is most important to tell the story.

— Patrick Wilson

I tend to gravitate toward reporters who cover all aspects of the story: from personal aspects to the big picture that answer the 'so…

— James G. Stavridis