Ezra Koenig Quotes

Talking to the press is not always good.

Talking to the press, you say things a little differently.

People are more sophisticated in the way they go about dealing with the press.

I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of a humanitarian mission.

I totally alienated some reporters as I retreated.

I get along fine with the press.

If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.

I hate dealing with the press. But I think it is a necessary evil.

I've been dealing with the press for 45 years. You need a very long spoon to sup with them. While you are always grateful, they are like badly trained dogs. They smile and wag and bite your arm off.

During my years as a press secretary, I developed a powerful internal filter, which worked to strip all things 'off message' from my thoughts before they came out of my mouth. It didn't always work, of course, and I said more than a few things I regretted.

I don't often get angered by the things press spokespeople say. Most of these people have difficult jobs and are often forced to be the public faces of policies they had nothing to do with creating.

There are many commentators who have said the wrong thing before. That's part of the business.

I hate talking to media. I hate it, man. You have to. But it's crazy. I thought there were only two things in this world that you had to do, and that was die and pay taxes. Now I know that you've got to talk to media. And I hate it.

I've never seen a publicist that could protect me from things, protect anyone from what's going on out there.

I do not speak frequently or otherwise to the press.

The informed, unmanaged question. That's the most dangerous thing at a press conference anywhere.

I think for more than half of my career, I have refrained from talking to the media.

With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's probably cost me some money, but I've always had the respect of my peers.

People ought to quit talking to the press.

My dad hates doing PR, so I volunteered to do this for him.

Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it. You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to him.

Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last.

Rude interviewers are ten a penny, and politicians have long since learned how to cope.

I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.

I'm envious of people that can handle the press. No matter what I say or how articulately I say it, it always comes back to the same issues. And it's getting kind of old.