Capture Quote by Michael Connelly

Reporters are not merely recording devices that take down what people say and repeat it in print; we are expected to use our knowledge…

— Gene Weingarten

It's not enough simply to record the way people actually talk. The dialogue must be concentrated, shaped, dramatically moving, in a way that real-life…

— Philip Gerard

But as a reporter, that's how you know you're doing a good job - when no one's talking about you. And something has gone…

— Maria Taylor

One of the most important skills at [reporting] is not so much what comes out of your mouth but what you hear. To listen.…

— Lester Holt

As a reporter you tend to seek coherence from your subject or your source - it all needs to add up and make sense.…

— Amy Waldman

During the actual filming, I’m not really listening to dialogue. I’m watching to see if the actors are communicating something and expressing something. I’m…

— John Cassavetes

When interviews are good, the conversation can be amazing. Sometimes I've had conversations with journalists that I've never had with anybody else.

— Tori Amos

I'm not a journalist any more. I don't have to stick a microphone up somebody's nostril and I don't have a camera lens behind…

— Gerald Seymour

As an investigative reporter, I'm trying to uncover things and expose them to create a dialogue.

— Eric Schlosser

I interact with journalists all the time, and I note how they behave.

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui

I'm a reporter - if I don't interview someone, I don't have much to say, and I definitely can't just sit down and knock…

— Ira Glass

Being a reporter is as much a diagnosis as a job description.

— Anna Quindlen