Sydney Schanberg Quotes

I don't call magazines and let them know about things so they can write stories.

I do not speak frequently or otherwise to the press.

Usually when reporting on powerful public figures, the press advisor and I would have had a conversation that established what journalists call 'ground rules,' placing restrictions on what can and cannot be reported.

I'm sure if I have plans, the Press will inform me.

Our job [White House press secretaries] is to serve the interest of the President while recognizing the interests of the press.

In politics, you don’t have to love the press; you don’t even have to like the press, but you sure as hell have to feed the press.

You always get told how important the premiere and doing the press is, but I have suspicions.

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

I get along fine with the press.

There's not a lot of original ways to get attention in the press.

Sure I know where the press room is - I just look for where they throw the dog meat.

My job is to be a spokesman - the spokesman, I suppose - for the President, for the White House, to do the daily briefings, to manage the press corps in terms of travel, day-to-day needs, access, interviews, all those issues.

Most of the press is sent to my publicist so I do see most of what is written about me.

If the press doesn’t get the proper care and feeding, you don’t get the proper spin on your story.

I just never, in my career, got into doing a lot of press.

Maybe the press in Spain do not like me because I do not give interviews.

I interact with journalists all the time, and I note how they behave.

If you want to get unpaid media coverage, you had better be quotable. It's an interesting problem, because very few candidates are quotable.

It's not the first time that I speak with American journalists. I've had meetings with many different newspapers and stations, and I've have never had a problem with meeting with American journalists.

I've got about 27 gigs right now. I've got radio, I've got television, I've got The Washington Post.

I never mind doing press; it's never bothered me.

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.

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

I was in a profession that received a lot of media.

I'm not somebody who runs from the press. I'm not coy. I appreciate the press I've had over the years.