Ron Shock Quotes

I was the editor of the 'News of the World;' I was the editor of the 'Sun' and chief executive.

I'm working with published authors and some very young undergraduates and lots of people in between. They are lovely people, and they can write.

I could learn how to press 'Record' on a tape recorder and write for a newspaper or a magazine.

My father was a journalist.

Private-sector firms are increasingly active in the prison industry and they and the militantly unionized correctional officers, almost all unskilled labor, constantly lead public demands for more criminal statutes and more draconian penalties.

I coauthored my first nonfiction book by the time I was 25. I have been involved in nonfiction documentaries, newspapers, TV and internet since that time.

I have tried to explore the little talent I have for writing.

I've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got a writing scholarship. It's always been a passion of mine.

On the 'Star,' you were forced to learn to write a simple declarative sentence. This is useful to anyone. Newspaper work will not harm a young writer and could help him if he gets out of it in time.

I have no intention of becoming a shorthand author.

Steady, firm, and kind government of prisoners is the truest humanity and the best exercise of duty. It is with convicts as with children: unseasonable indulgence, indiscreetly granted, leads to mischiefs which we may deplore but cannot repair.

My youngest son is a writer. He wrote for 'The District' and 'CSI: NY.'

He was the editor of our paper. He created the publishing house in Hebrew. He was - I wouldn't say the 'guru' - but really he was our teacher and a most respected man. I wrote for the paper of the youth movement.

I started my own magazine with drawings, commentary, news, film reviews and drawings.

Not too many people know who the editor is.

I've always enjoyed writing, I graduated with a degree in English; I've done bits of journalism.

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

I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.

I was terrible at straight items. When I wrote obituaries, my mother said the only thing I ever got them to do was die in alphabetical order.

It would probably take me an hour to two to write it down, get the feel of it, and that's with quite a few changes. It's not really a hard thing for me to do.

Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.

I don't think there's a difference between writing for a newspaper or magazine and doing a chapter in a book.

Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.

TO preach a sermon or edit a newspaper were the two things in life which I always felt I could do with credit to myself and benefit to the world, if I only had the chance.

Actually, I graduated from university as a journalist.