Belief Quote by Thomas Pynchon

The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one--or both. Usually both.

— Susan Sontag

I actually don't read the press. All the writers I admire were significantly reclusive, and I'm still trying to figure out how they got…

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Journalists cover words and delude themselves into thinking they have committed journalism.

— Hedrick Smith

Journalism is a voyeuristic vocation that attracts to its employment many people who are often naturally shy and insatiably curious, and each day they…

— Gay Talese

A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I am not a great believer in the idea that journalistic neutrality means you have to abandon the people you talk to.

— Andrew Solomon

A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.

— Otto von Bismarck

Sometimes, I genuinely enjoy having conversations with journalists; enjoying the few moments of intimacy with a stranger is fascinating to me. But once in…

— Gillian Anderson

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

Journalism is irrepressible. It can't be taken away.

— Josh Fox

Although they like to call themselves journalists, that's a myth even they don't really believe anymore. They're mutts on short leashes.

— Jon Rappoport

The journalistic code of ethics governing the broadcasts requires that opposing views be presented, and that journalists' personal opinions or judgments be left out…

— Sheri Fink