#journalist

Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five! ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#cruel #english #especially #five #i

It's a journalist's job to be a witness to history. We're not there to worry about ourselves. We're there to try and get as near as we can, in an imperfect world, to the truth and get the truth out. ↗

— Robert Fisk

#get #history #imperfect #job #journalist

Deep in my heart it still feels like I'm a journalist even though I haven't worked for a paper and carried a press pass for 14 years. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#deep #even #feels #haven #heart

I wrote my first real murder story as a journalist for the Daytona Beach News Journal in 1980. It was about a body found in the woods. Later, the murder was linked to a serial killer who was later caught and executed for his crimes. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#beach #body #caught #crimes #daytona

The truth is, I don't have any problem with journalists - I count some of them as friends - also some of my heroes are journalists, I'm a big fan of Robert Fisk - great people or crazy people who are prepared to stand up for what's right. ↗

— Daniel Craig

#any #big #big fan #count #crazy

The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world was allowed to fly in, because Angola was closed otherwise. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

#angola #because #celebration #closed #days

The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to become friends with the band. They're not really journalists; they're people who want to be involved in rock and roll. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#become #biggest #biggest problem #friends #involved

The responsibility that I feel is to do as good a job as a journalist as I can possibly do. ↗

— Ted Koppel

#good #i #i can #i feel #job

Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#journalists #nothing #say #something #write

I always wanted to be a serious journalist. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#i #i always #journalist #serious #wanted