Boring people Quote by Jon Ronson

“Writers are, as a profession, nothing if not eccentric.”

— Sara Sheridan

There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull is the world today!' Nowadays he says, 'What a…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

There are no dull subjects. There are only dull writers.

— H. L. Mencken

“Writers have a well-deserved reputation for being eccentric. Everything you've heard is true.”

— Sara Sheridan

“There are really no dull subjects. There are only dull writers.”

— Richard Le Gallienne

“Struggling for survival and relevance, we as a profession of political journalists and commentators have collectively debased our craft to the lowest common denominator—writing…

— Kerry-Anne Walsh

“The making of a journalist: no ideas and the ability to express them.”

— Karl Kraus

As far as I'm concerned, it's a damned shame that a field as potentially dynamic and vital as journalism should be overrun with dullards,…

— Hunter S. Thompson

For fear of the newspapers politicians are dull, and at last they are too dull even for the newspapers.

— Anonymous

“People have an idea of what writers are: crazy; intellectual; moody; slightly more interesting than other people. Sometimes you just have to throw a…

— Alistair Cross

“Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the…

— Edith Sitwell

“Everyone goes into journalism for different reasons—and they’re often idealistic ones.”

— Thomas L. Friedman