Background Quote by Jess Walter

I come from a newspaper background, so maybe Im attuned to current events.

— Jess Walter

I wonder if I would have been less organic of a designer without my background. Maybe I would be more academic about designing, more…

— Francisco Costa

I always wanted to use my newspaper background in a novel.

— Mary Kay Andrews

I'm in the storytelling business, and so you're always drawn to the unusual. And early on, I discovered that's the easiest way to tell…

— Malcolm Gladwell

Will Rogers…used to come out with a newspaper and pretend he was a yokel criticizing the intellectuals who ran the government. I come out…

— Mort Sahl

To me, the real 'state of the union' is found in how Americans react to current events.

— Henry Rollins

I was already in my early twenties, but I looked much younger because I was fresh-faced and, well, short. So I did songs such…

— Joel Grey

For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.

— George H. W. Bush

Well, our concern has to do with the period prior to 9/11, up to and including the catastrophe that occurred. And thank goodness, we're…

— Richard Ben-Veniste

There is something a little vulgar about writing a novel that is too close to the present, too concerned with current events, too eager…

— Michelle Dean

If you look at photojournalism, it's largely driven by current events... always chasing a crisis or disaster. I follow a narrative that is much…

— Edward Burtynsky

You know you are old when you discover that your children are learning in history class what you studied in current events.

— Vikrant Parsai