Benjamin Booker Quotes

Report, report, report. Dig, dig, dig. Think, think, think. Don't stop being a reporter because you've become a columnist.

I wanted to be a journalist because I like to ask questions. And I like the idea that someone might feel responsible for answering them.

As a journalist, the details always tell the story.

I'm a journalist; I love doing interviews, and I hope that will continue.

I feel like, in some ways, I'm just a journalist.

I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a reporter. I don't know where I got the idea that it was a romantic calling.

I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.

People often talk about parachute journalism, but one of the skills that you get when you are a correspondent is the ability to look at facts fast and work out what the story is.

I work like every journalist works so I have recordings, I have notes.

I've had a lot of fun, and when I talk to kids in journalism schools, I say, look, I know what the journalism teachers tell you that this is a great way to perform public service and all that, but I say the main reason, if you decide what you want to do is be a reporter, the main reason you want to do it is because it's just so much fun.

I always wanted to be a serious journalist.

I was so thrilled being a reporter, because it gave you the kind of access to people that you wouldn't ever get to meet.

I think of myself as a journalist and a storyteller.

I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.

I think there's always satisfaction that comes from digging in and telling a story and being on the front line and writing about it. I think there's a venue available if you look. Even print journalism is in good shape in areas.

I continue to enjoy looking for stories, and trying to do the best job I can reporting and writing them.

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Television reporters aren't really called reporters. They are called researchers. And that's really all they are.

Find out what happened and put it in the paper

Anybody who's spent thirteen or fourteen years in print journalism has a lot of stories he thinks were inwardly satisfying as far as preparation, understanding, and diligence.

I'm a reporter by nature, I want to know everything.

I've basically worked as a journalist and a writer.

I think of myself as a journalist first and foremost.

I'm a reporter by nature and training. I like things that make sense.