Always Quote by John Gruber

I don't know any other columnists, and I don't know what they do. I work the single! And nobody does what I do, anyway.

— Jimmy Breslin

A columnist is not a doctor, who diagnoses the disease and dispenses instant medicine. My job is to highlight problems, investigate issues, to provide…

— Sucheta Dalal

I've always thought of myself as a reporter.

— Gwendolyn Brooks

I majored in journalism at Arizona State University, where I began writing the columns I write now, but I cannot, in good conscience, refer…

— Laurie Notaro

I think of myself as a reporter. I just rhyme my reports and give them a beat.

— Badshah

Report, report, report. Dig, dig, dig. Think, think, think. Don't stop being a reporter because you've become a columnist.

— Allan Sloan

A little irreverence is always important to being a columnist. I try to do that.

— Lewis Grizzard

I'm in the reporting part of journalism.

— Jim Lehrer

I think of myself as a journalist and a storyteller.

— Soledad O'Brien

In the age of social media, everyone's a newspaper columnist, exaggerating what they think and feel.

— Charlie Brooker

As the saying goes: "If you're not part of the solution, you're a newspaper columnist."

— Dave Barry

Don't commit to being a columnist unless you're willing to do it right. Report your behind off, so you have something original and useful…

— Allan Sloan