High school Quote by Jeannette Walls

I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.

— Ed Asner

My favorite thing is still journalism. I'm almost 50. This has been my life ever since I was in college.

— David Talbot

I got into journalism because I came of age in the '60s. It just seemed one way for me to get things done.

— Joe Klein

Very early in my career, I almost went to journalism school.

— Stephanie Ruhle

I wrote for my high school and college newspapers. It was my only creative outlet in those days.

— Soupy Sales

I had the most incredible English and literature teachers in school, and it really influenced my love of storytelling. It's what made me excited…

— Sophia Bush

I loved being just one of 11 newspaper majors at my college, immersing myself in the age-old art of news-gathering.

— Mary Katharine Ham

I eventually got a job with a television company, started to see how exciting journalism could be as a career, and decided that was…

— Anne Robinson

There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.

— Dan Rather

I went into journalism in a grandiose way. I thought maybe I'd do a little journalism whilst I write the great novel of all…

— Neal Ascherson

I was drawn to journalism as a young guy because I felt like there was some purpose to it, not always but sometimes.

— Daniel Lyons

In 1982, when I was almost 26 years old, I decided I wanted to write fiction. I'd majored in journalism in college, and I'd…

— Cynthia Kadohata