Robert Benton Quotes

Throughout high school, I was obsessed with magazines. I used to just comb through them and plaster things on my wall.

The challenges are different to different kinds of magazines. News magazines, magazines that have high frequency and news, are going to be challenged, heavily challenged, not just by the Internet but by the whole 24-hour news cycle which has just been getting enhanced.

The Sunday paper is an odd British cultural tradition.

Of course a magazine is usually more interesting than a conversation, because so much more time and preparation has gone into it.

Magazines are another medium I love, because 95% is simply based on 'How the hell are we going to fill all this blank space?

It's a long, slow sunset for ink-on-paper magazines, but sunsets can produce vast sums of money.

And we also read Newsweek, Time and several newspapers.

I actually buy the paper version of The New York Times maybe once or twice a week.

I like the 'Moth' podcast a lot. I listen to that.

I am a print addict. I have an ebook and a computer but I remain hooked on print.

Tablets generally have made it pretty obvious that magazines have a new lease on life.

I get 'USA Today,' the 'New York Times,' 'Wall Street Journal' and the 'Star-Telegram' at my doorstep. I can't do without them.

There are so many books and movies I like; I never mention specific ones.

I never watch TV. I'm a Radio Four addict. I love listening to music too.

I don't even read the papers. I read 'USA Today' because it has color photos.

Johnson Publishing offered me an opportunity to build back iconic brands like 'Ebony' and 'Jet' magazines.

You might not be able to operate your own Learjet and have an unlimited expense account, but if you have a reasonable expectation for a print-based product, whether it's a newspaper or a magazine, you can certainly exist.

I'm not opposed to comics on the Internet. It's just not interesting to me.

A magazine is simply a device to induce people to read advertising.

I love TV in a way that I don't love any other medium.

I didn't watch a lot of American television growing up. I just liked to read a lot and watch movies - movies, movies, and more movies. My family used to make fun of me because I'd like every movie I saw.

Many people think that the print press is dying in America. Well I do not agree. And neither does my blacksmith.

I don't really listen to music. I don't. I watch television.

The 'Fortune' I came to work for on Jan. 25, 1954, was a monthly, with pages significantly larger than what you're reading; 'art' covers that did not relate to stories inside; and a newsstand price of $1.25.

For eight months, from January to August of 2007, I filmed with Anna Wintour and her team at 'Vogue' as they created the September 2007 issue of the magazine.