Before Quote by Michael Dirda

I never worked on the school newspaper.

— Jeff Bezos

I did not read newspapers until I became a reporter.

— Janine di Giovanni

I've never worked for a newspaper. I've had some very bad reviews in newspapers.

— Truman Capote

I have never lived through any time in my career when there haven't been grave challenges facing newspapers.

— Donald Newhouse

I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising.

— Michael Hastings

My first newspaper job was a high school reporter for the 'New York Daily News.'

— Stephen A. Smith

I wrote newspaper articles professionally for seven years, and I love newspapers.

— Al Gore

I am sure that I never read any memorable news in a newspaper.

— Henry David Thoreau

For many years I was engaged in journalism, writing articles and chronicles for the daily press without ever joining the staff of any newspaper.

— Anonymous

I don't read all the newspapers.

— Greg Rusedski

So I became a newspaperman. I hated to do it but I couldnt find honest employment.

— Mark Twain

I was in the business of marketing, and I have two Bachelor's Degrees in Political Journalism, and I wrote for the school newspaper at…

— Enzo Amore