Johannes Vilhelm Jensen Quotes

I wrote newspaper articles professionally for seven years, and I love newspapers.

Well I just always wanted to be a newspaper reporter.

I used to be a journalist.

I didn't work for any newspapers in college, never worked for any newspaper before 'The Washington Post'.

My first newspaper job was a high school reporter for the 'New York Daily News.'

In my mind, I still think - and wish - that I'm going to be a journalist or a writer. That's been my dream job my entire life.

I wasn't the greatest reporter in the world, but I wasn't starting at zero.

Journalism is literature in a hurry.

My father was a journalist.

I started as a print reporter.

I think journalism is useful training for a writer in the way it takes the preciousness out of the pragmatic side of the craft.

I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.

Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while you're at it.

Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence?

Journalism is not just a cause, it's also a wacky profession.

I wanted to be a journalist for a long time.

I'm a writer. I've been a journalist for my whole adult life.

I write for 'Self' magazine sometimes.

When I'm in studio, we cover the news. But no one says the news has to be boring.

I want to be a journalist; I want to ask tough questions.

I wanted to be a journalist. I used to write articles at university about politics.

Obviously I love doing newsmaker interviews, and if I can contribute in any way to that, I would love to. I love reporting, getting out in the field and talking to people about various issues.

I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.

I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity to move in the outside world.

I had an idea in the beginning to do a book about some of the events that I had covered, just various stories that I've covered. Reporters spend a lot of time telling each other tales about how they covered stories, and that's what this book started out to be.