Laura Hillenbrand Quotes

Reporting in general makes me pretty nervous. But I realized: all the amazing work experiences of my life were thanks to reporting. So that forces you to go do it.

I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.

People trust I know what I'm doing. I have lots of credibility. I've had years of learning. I know and understand my business.

All they expected me to do was rip and read the wire 'leads,' without doing any original reporting. It was pretty basic, but gave me a taste of how to combine my love of politics and broadcasting.

Well, my background is journalism. I don't have any creative-writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college.

I'm very lucky, because my beat is current events. And events are changing all the time.

Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism.

And I really believe good journalism is good business.

I think the impulse to get to the heart of the story and to tell it well is in my genes.

I think we're doing the right things for the right reasons. We're not doing it to sell products. We're not doing it to be popular. We're doing it because in our judgment these stories are important to do, and at this length and this much depth.

If there's anything that's important to a reporter, it is integrity. It is credibility.

I've been a reporter for 20 years, and I don't ever get things wrong. That's important in terms of my professional status.

I'm an inexperienced reporter, and I'm still learning.

I wanted no other job than to work in newspapers. I was fascinated by the process of collecting information, talking to people and having the story appear in a paper that would be delivered in your letterbox.

I started freelancing for the Associated Press. I had a great mentor there who sort of taught me everything.

Well, I'm a professional.

One thing that happens on the 'Newsroom' is that every time a real story does get incorporated into the show, there's always an angle that's provided that hasn't really been dealt with yet.

I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book.

Tricks you need to transform something which appears fantastic, unbelievable into something plausible, credible, those I learned from journalism. The key is to tell it straight. It is done by reporters and by country folk.

I had a great editor, Rebecca Corbett, from the time I was a city reporter right through to the years I worked on the 'Sun's' enterprise reporting team.

The one thing a lifetime in the newspaper business teaches you is pace - you spend all your time trying to make sure that the reader's going to finish what you're writing.

I think it's this congenital problem with journalism that we oversell the difference we make. We make small differences.

TV journalism is a much more collaborative, horizontal business than print reporting. It has to be, because of the logistics. Anchors are wholly dependent on producers to do all the hustling.

They put me on the shift where they thought I could do the least harm, midnight to eight in the morning. Although the hours were lousy, they were perfect for an apprentice reporter.

Profiles aren't journalism.