About Quote by Heather Brooke

Very quickly, I discovered I did not have what it takes to be a good crime reporter: I was too unassertive and a little…

— Gillian Flynn

My interest is in turning over a rock and seeing what's underneath. It's a personality trait more than anything; it's what made me want…

— Gillian Flynn

I think as an investigative reporter I had tough standards, but I don't think of myself as a tough person.

— Jill Abramson

I am a former newspaper reporter turned church secretary turned vampire novelist. I wrote my first complete novel, 'Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs,' at…

— Molly Harper

I never wanted to be a reporter. I took a job at the New York Post as a clerk because I couldn't get a…

— Maggie Haberman

I was always the sideline reporter or something similar to that - which is essentially, but this isn't always true, the 'woman's job.'

— Samantha Ponder

“The thrill of working in this building, with its iconic globe on top, would never fade.”

— Gwenda Bond

No reporter of my generation, whatever his genius, ever really rated spats and a walking stick until he had covered both a lynching and…

— H. L. Mencken

I worked in three local news markets and in every single one of them, they said: 'You're a lousy anchor. We would love to…

— Elizabeth Vargas

Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay!

— Jack Germond

“Read it to me.” “Seriously?” he said quietly. “You want me to read you poetry? Like saving your life ten times wasn’t enough?”

— Brynn Kelly

I am very, very old-fashioned and clumsy. I use those long reporter notebooks. This is what a troglodyte I am. The night before I…

— David Quammen

I decided very early that I was going to be a reporter, that I would not cheer for the team. I don't denigrate people…

— Ernie Harwell

It's astonishing what you learn and feel and see along the way. That's why a reporter's job, as you know, is such a joy.

— Mike Wallace

Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working…

— Jill Abramson