Becoming Quote by Louis Menand

If a person is not talented enough to be a novelist, not smart enough to be a lawyer, and his hands are too shaky…

— Norman Mailer

A good journalist is modest; his only job is simple: to decide what counts as news.

— Michael Ignatieff

Trust is the most important aspect of being a journalist. If people don't trust or find you relatable - you will not have success.

— Gretchen Carlson

I am not insecure about being a journalist.

— Tucker Carlson

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more…

— Karl Kraus

Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real…

— Harry Reasoner

Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand.

— Anonymous

I think the key to being a journalist is getting your subject to feel comfortable enough to talk about stuff they want to talk…

— Glenn Danzig

I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive…

— J. Anthony Lukas

Journalists are often portrayed as cynical. I often think it's the opposite.

— David Grann

I am old enough to think the word 'journalist' is not all that noble a designation. Journalist - that record keeper, quote taker and…

— Michael Wolff

I'm still hesitant to call myself a journalist. I see myself as a documentary maker who is trusted with hard-hitting current affairs issues.

— Stacey Dooley